Some concepts, ideas and words have “sharp edges” and are easy to think about precisely. Some don’t—they are nebulous and cloud-like, because reality is nebulous and cloud-like, when it comes to those concepts.
Some of the most important concepts to us are nebulous: ‘justice’. ‘fairness’. ‘alignment’. There things have ‘cloudy edges’, even if you can clearly see the concept itself (the solid part of it).
Some things, like proto-emotions and proto-thoughts do not have a solid part—you can only see them if have learned to see things within yourself which are barely perceptible.
So your answer, to me, is like trying to pass an eye exam by only reading the huge letters in the top row. “There are other rows? What rows? I do not see them.” Yes, thank you, that is exactly my point.
Yes, you are correct.
Let me zoom in on what I mean.
Some concepts, ideas and words have “sharp edges” and are easy to think about precisely. Some don’t—they are nebulous and cloud-like, because reality is nebulous and cloud-like, when it comes to those concepts.
Some of the most important concepts to us are nebulous: ‘justice’. ‘fairness’. ‘alignment’. There things have ‘cloudy edges’, even if you can clearly see the concept itself (the solid part of it).
Some things, like proto-emotions and proto-thoughts do not have a solid part—you can only see them if have learned to see things within yourself which are barely perceptible.
So your answer, to me, is like trying to pass an eye exam by only reading the huge letters in the top row. “There are other rows? What rows? I do not see them.” Yes, thank you, that is exactly my point.