amorphous_constellation
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This concept was around before Christianity, and will be there ahead of the postmodern future. However, I not really debating that line of specifics exactly. Instead, I am just looking to point out the way in which the mechanism acts. To that point, it is an organic, growing phenomenon (that is the foundation of all sub-phenomena), and that this is seen acting moment to moment in real-time, with the constant break-neck expansion of information and language, which will either be the bane or blessing for the species
So if the word is made flesh, it is possible that our languages, and the data sets they form, might actually be the real 'organisms,' and humans are only the mediums that they dwell within. If a language on earth can be said to have goals, can be said to contain concepts, even if no one spoke it or knew it, then there is arguably something more transcendent about it than there is about any human speaker of it. (though of course, it obviously finds it useful to render its information unto flesh)
Another issue with that, is that we don't know if it is foisting new ideas and information upon us, or if we are doing the dirty work for it. But the word is made flesh, implicating the idea that it itself is the auto-didactic generator, and we only tag along for the ride, if we can. Which leads me to a more major point about our modern social issues, where the blame is squarely put on our changing informational foundation. A better word, would be that this foundation is expanding, in that we clearly see more of everything, in everything, than anyone ever could imagine 100 years ago. The word will then grapple with being born into flesh
So if the word is made flesh, it is possible that our languages, and the data sets they form, might actually be the real 'organisms,' and humans are only the mediums that they dwell within. If a language on earth can be said to have goals, can be said to contain concepts, even if no one spoke it or knew it, then there is arguably something more transcendent about it than there is about any human speaker of it. (though of course, it obviously finds it useful to render its information unto flesh)
Another issue with that, is that we don't know if it is foisting new ideas and information upon us, or if we are doing the dirty work for it. But the word is made flesh, implicating the idea that it itself is the auto-didactic generator, and we only tag along for the ride, if we can. Which leads me to a more major point about our modern social issues, where the blame is squarely put on our changing informational foundation. A better word, would be that this foundation is expanding, in that we clearly see more of everything, in everything, than anyone ever could imagine 100 years ago. The word will then grapple with being born into flesh