All,
Regarding the discussion about drawing a line between being and becoming:
Is it necessary? As soon as one starts "becoming" something, for example,
a farmer, one also starts "being" that something. One may become a better
farmer generally - more knowledgeable - (more being), or better in certain
aspects - more being in those areas.
Is it necessary to categorize in many cases? To say that Joe is a farmer
(being) means that he has acquired certain knowledge, and is applying it,
in the field of farming. It does not say how good Joe is; there may be
farmers who are MORE or LESS being than Joe. It does not say whether Joe
is still becoming (learning). It does not say what field (ha ha) Joe is
good in - he may only have achieved "being" in sheep farming. I think we
(humans, especially the scientifically-minded community) spend an
inordinate amount of time trying to categorize people (and everything
else). In some cases it is useful, in that it helps find cures for
diseases, that sort of thing, but I don't see the value in drawing a line
between being and becoming - I see knowledge as a continuum, and any line
as somebody's artificial definition of expertise.
Comments?
Brian
briangordon@livetolearn.com
Live to Learn
www.livetolearn.com
>What's the meaning of life, the universe and everything? In my humble
>meaning: expressing meaning recursively. What is the meaning of meaning?
>The way nature prevents all becoming being all (abba, father: pun
>intended) at once. And a funny thing happened on the way to creating
>meaning by creating meaningful life: it happened. Happy happending.
>
>Now in order to separate being from becoming, being and becoming had to be
>seperated (because no separation would mean no meaning). This separation
>became two beings: being and becoming. Becoming being a being that wants
>to become being (becoming differentiates in order to be) and being
>becoming a becomming that wants to be becomming (being conventionalises in
>order to become).
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