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A E C F O R U M - "F L E S H F A C T O R"
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Throughout this FleshFactor debate a very traditional wall has been
maintained which separates the "mind" from the "outer world." Even those
who have challenged that wall (this Wiggler included) have unwittingly
reinforced it as a metaphor. There is certainly a game we all play in which
we talk loosely and professionally about the "objective world" even as we
will question it over a beer.
If anything has been achieved in FleshFactor, it is a slight evaporation
of that wall. The cyborg and the internet have led many traditional
empiricists to recognize that machines, culture, and nature are all
merging in a great bubbling foam of feedback loops. We are writhing inside
the mystery, not standing above it.
As this dialogue has occurred largely among Westerners, I cannot help but
wonder if Lao Tsu is doing a little jig in his grave.
It's been fun.
-Ebon Fisher <alula@interport.net>
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Ebon Fisher
NERVE CIRCLE CREATIONS
alula@interport.net
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ORGANISM: http://www.artnetweb.com/organism
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BIONIC CODEX: http://www.echonyc.com/~sandbox/codes/index.html
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