Replying to LO25165 --
Dear Organlearners,
Judy Tal <judyt@netvision.net.il> writes:
>Your short and to-the-point remark:
>
>>when you are sitting, just sit
>
>opened my eyes to see that I was "just in the middle"
>(already ON the path) of para-noing when I picked up
>At's terminology. I just gave a name (which I borrowed
>with your permission At) to what I was already doing
>for a while.
Dear Judy,
How can I give you permission for using what is not mine ;-) We are part
of evolution. We can never own evolution.
I created the word "ortho-noia" en recreated the words meta-noia and
para-noia. I followed the "evolutionary path of words" which the English
languages makes use of, i.e., I used the etymological rules of English.
I created these three words so as to link to the remarkable
chemistry of benzene C6H6 due to its aromaticity. I linked to
this chemistry to draw from the "associativity" pattern
X * Y * Z
of the essentiality wholeness. In the case of benzene chemistry
it is the associative pattern
C6H5 * N * O2
for ortho and para behaviour because of the "pulling out"
(taking) action of O2 on aromaticity electrons, or
C6H5 * N * H2
for meta behaviour because of "pushing in" (giving) action
of H2 on aromaticity electrons. With this I wanted to stress
that metanoic organisations are aware of "what can we give"
rather than "what can we take".
I must admit that I have had many experiences in this "evolutionary path
of words". Like all other amateur biologists, I was completely perplexed
by biological names for species, morphological characterestics and
physiological processes. Then one day I saw in the back of a book on
cacti how the author explained the forming of names for cactus species
according to botanical rules (i.e. following the "evolutionary path of
words" which botanists make use of). Call it "botanical etymology" if you
want to because then you may appreciate how its rules are far different
from "English etymology". That few pages "saved me" and opened a new world
for me. I suddenly became aware that even the chemistry terminology which
I was using like an imbicile also had its own "evolutionary path of
words".
You will perhaps not believe me, but many a post graduate student in
botany or zoology today are completely unaware of this "evolutionary path"
of the terminology which they use. You ought to believe me when I confess
that I self was completely unaware of it in the terminology of chemistry
and physics as a post graduate student many years ago.
I think that many specialists, even though deep into "information" and
"knowledge" are also unaware of this "evolutionary path of the
terminology" which they are using. That is why I have prepared the recent
contribution on the topic "Information and Knowledge".
John's sentence
>>The Zen notion of 'being-there' is somewhat anti-entropic,
>>if we believe in entropy, and can lead to enlightenment,
>>even if we believe in entropy.
does make sense to me in terms of the "evolutionary path of words". The
notion "being-there" is complementary to the notion "becoming-there". The
latter "becoming-there" tells about "in-transformation" which is exactly
the etymology of the word "entropy". Thus the former "being-there" cannot
be entropic too, i.e. it is "anti-entropic" as John says.
Yes, the "being-there" leads to some enlightenment for me while the
"becoming-there" takes this enlightenment even further.
I have never believed in "entropy" (the picture) nor in "entropy
production" (the movie). I merely create these concepts step by step as
others have done before me, trying self to prevent from doing it
habitually. To create "entropy production", two steps are required. Step 1
is to make certain measurements and step 2 is to do certain calculations
on these measurements. See the Primer on Entropy how to do it. Without
these two steps I would certainly have to "believe" entropy, should
"believe" means "to assume without questioning".
When I was young, I accepted articles of faith without questioning them.
Today I do the opposite, I continually question every article of faith
which I believe in. This is for some people in our congregation (including
the pastor) sheer "paranoia". They say that "orthonoia" is to accept
articles of faith without question. When I say that articles of faith need
emerging "metanoia" to substantiate them, they think my once "eu-noia" has
finally degenerated via my "paranoia" into "kako-noia". (Here "eu"=good
and "kakos"=bad ;-)
There is a beautiful plant in the Namaqualand desert with the name
"Othonna cacaloides". The "oides" suffix means in a biological name "looks
like". When you see this little plant mimicking "ugly", you wil try to
sidestep it so as not to let something stinking stick to your shoe ;-)
With care and best wishes
--At de Lange <amdelange@gold.up.ac.za> Snailmail: A M de Lange Gold Fields Computer Centre Faculty of Science - University of Pretoria Pretoria 0001 - Rep of South Africa
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