“In other words, it’s possible to be glad, in retrospect, that you had to endure a misfortune. The Chinese proverb about a man, Sāi Wēng, who loses his prized horse and responds by saying, ‘how could we know it is not a good thing for me?’ “
If all decisions are right ones, then doesn't that vitiate the term, "right?" What would be a wrong one? There's no entropy or life in a closed box of "right" ness! Determinism kills life! Embrace the muddle! I'll subscribe.
What you point to seems like a contradiction but it might also be called a paradox. Contradictions are for dualists. Dualism is a bad habit that I am working on dropping. Paradoxes are not quite contradictions. They are opposites that most both be true.
I am still working out the details of my metaphysics, but this post might be a clue.
Glad to have discovered your newsletter. Wonderful writing! But what if I had discovered it as the result of a dice roll? Would that be even a decision? Is there a crucial distinction between choices and decisions? Or does each imply the other? To decide implies one had a choice, but not the other way around? And then there is the multiverse idea. Very deep waters! 🙂
I agree with this, “Then making that mistake was the right decision. Haven’t you read ‘Mistakes are the only route to knowledge--even for God?’”
It’s the same thesis, I think, as in this:
There Is No Bad News; There Are Only Blessings In Disguise
https://moviewise.substack.com/p/there-is-no-bad-news-there-are-only
“In other words, it’s possible to be glad, in retrospect, that you had to endure a misfortune. The Chinese proverb about a man, Sāi Wēng, who loses his prized horse and responds by saying, ‘how could we know it is not a good thing for me?’ “
I read the "There is no bad news" post, and loved it. Looking forward o watching a couple of those moveis!
Thank you so much Michael! I love reading your writing!!
If all decisions are right ones, then doesn't that vitiate the term, "right?" What would be a wrong one? There's no entropy or life in a closed box of "right" ness! Determinism kills life! Embrace the muddle! I'll subscribe.
Thanks. And i've subscribed back.
What you point to seems like a contradiction but it might also be called a paradox. Contradictions are for dualists. Dualism is a bad habit that I am working on dropping. Paradoxes are not quite contradictions. They are opposites that most both be true.
I am still working out the details of my metaphysics, but this post might be a clue.
https://70yearswtf.substack.com/p/gods-plans-and-the-multiverse
In the meanwhile, always take mu for an answer.
Got to read your backlist to get to know you better and comment back there.
Glad to have discovered your newsletter. Wonderful writing! But what if I had discovered it as the result of a dice roll? Would that be even a decision? Is there a crucial distinction between choices and decisions? Or does each imply the other? To decide implies one had a choice, but not the other way around? And then there is the multiverse idea. Very deep waters! 🙂