11-17-2017, 12:00 AM
Le_Regard wrote:
serloco wrote:
I get this, but it nevertheless seems like if our model of being wise and enlightened is just inheriting a book of maps, that seems wrong.
If the maps are fundamentally useless because what you REALLY need is an enlightened master to tap you on the forehead and send you into hyperspace, then why do we even HAVE a book of maps? What are they for? That's my real question. Surely floating in hyperspace all the time while our body slowly dies isn't the point of being alive. We've put a LOT of effort into a project where at the end of the day you just burn your maps and start over.
serloco wrote:
I get this, but it nevertheless seems like if our model of being wise and enlightened is just inheriting a book of maps, that seems wrong.
If the maps are fundamentally useless because what you REALLY need is an enlightened master to tap you on the forehead and send you into hyperspace, then why do we even HAVE a book of maps? What are they for? That's my real question. Surely floating in hyperspace all the time while our body slowly dies isn't the point of being alive. We've put a LOT of effort into a project where at the end of the day you just burn your maps and start over.