More specifically concerning: alchemy
pseudaphoristica (23)
4 August 2024, around 11.21.
The economical hobby of using pathetic fallacy to achieve the alchemical transformation, not of base metals into gold, but of worth (or value) into meaning.
social currency
7 August 2024, around 18.18.
The name of a thing is entirely external to its nature. I know nothing of a man if I merely know his name is Jacob. In the same way, every trace of the money-relation disappears in the names pound, dollar, franc, ducat, etc. The confusion caused by attributing a hidden meaning to these cabalistic signs […]
curiouser
17 June 2025, around 15.47.
Like alchemy and behaviorism in their time, AI projects an image of good health in spite of its difficulties. However, its feverish activity and strident claims, and the tendency of its practitioners to abandon theory and exploit current techniques, may well be signs of its crisis. —Hubert L. Dreyfus & Stuart E. Dreyfus (Mind Over […]