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quote: "Acting as though you posessed irational beliefs, without actually committing to them."
Foucault's Pendulum, a favorite of mine describes a similar mindset, and I think that this mindset, in and of itself catapults those that possess it outside of the sanity/insanity loop.
quote: "You live on the surface... You sometimes seem profound, but it's only because you piece a lot of surfaces together to create the impression of depth, solidity. That solidity would collapse if you tried to stand it up."
"Are you saying I'm superficial?"
"No... What others call profundity is only a tesseract, a four-dimensional cube. You walk in one side and come out another, and you're in their universe, which can't coexist with yours."
Sanity is a type of paradigm that can be shared by many people. Insanity is a paradigm that has lost all point of reference. Unsanity is a type of paradigm that either cannot be shared, or needs to be fully developed before it can be shared. Most of us, though, probably can't share our paradigms because they aren't complete. To compensate for this fragility, one who creates new paradigms must insinuate new strength into his own attitude toward his paradigm, lest he doubt it even when it is become complete. The point is that eventually all of these ideas don't just get tossed to the side; that they will become an integral part of your world-view, not just intellectual mind-toys that we toss around like so many hot potatoes. In RP, most of the time, great ideas are intimated through game-play by good GM's, and are forgotten immediately afterward. If you never have to doubt your sanity, by accepting these ideas as paradigm alterations that you can't and won't undo, then you never have to consider the social implications of said idea. The fear of insanity is the primary method of controlling any sheep that might wander out of the flock known as "Sane People". So we have to look at whether or not an idea can be shared through points of common reference, IOW can it be communicated to another human in some way? If it can be, but it is not a part of the currently shared paradigm, then it is unsane. If it can't be, then it is insane. I knew a girl once, who being rather f***ed up on meth and heroin, couldn't respond when people talked to her. She always acted fearful whenever people looked at her. After awhile I tried to send thoughts at her. Immediately, she responded. Neat ability, but unfortunately having it has left her completely unable to deal with life. Period. I think gradual adaptation to low levels of ability promotes unsanity. Waking up with such ability all in a moment drives one insane. |
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