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0796 Now, I repeat myself, more or less, with an awkward shift in associations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On page 268, the author makes an important observation.  There is a popular saying that Soviet people (Russians in the USSR) think one thing and say another.  This is a joke.  This is also an act of will1a<\/sub>, as opposed to truth1a<\/sub>.  If I spoke2a<\/sub>with truth1a<\/sub> as the potential1a<\/sub> underlying my intellect3a<\/sub>,<\/em> then one could estimate that what I think<\/em> (as matter<\/em>)2a<\/sub> from the form<\/em> of what I say2a<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, there is a problem with previous associations to the Greimas square, where my (Russian) truth1a<\/sub> (D) contrasts with my (Russian) will1a<\/sub> (C), contradicts my Russian identity3a<\/sub> (A) and complements the dyadic actuality of {what I think2am<\/sub> [substantiates] what I say2af<\/sub>} (B).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0797 The author thinks that the actuality2a<\/sub><\/em> comports with George Orwell’s doublethink,<\/em> where one holds two contradictory ideas in one’s consciousness.  Is that like one form and two matters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consciousness itself is doubled.  Each consciousness is intrinsically coherent.  Plus, the two consciousnesses do not seem to communicate with one another.  The person experiences a “split reality”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0798 Does this “split reality” conform to the character of spoken language as two arbitrarily related systems of differences?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0799 The Greimas square may assist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I focus on my Russian identity (in a Soviet regime)3a<\/sub> as a manifestation of my intellect3a<\/sub> (A), then the following associations fall into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The subscript “om” stands for “originating matter”.  The “en” stands for “entangled matter”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0800 The focal term (A) is my Russian identity (in a Soviet regime)3a<\/sub>, corresponding to the normal context of the content-level of the interscope for the post-truth condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B contrasts with A.  What I say as a content-level matter2ma<\/sub><\/em> substantiates (rather than entangles) my official consciousness as form2af<\/sub><\/em> (B).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somehow, what I say2a<\/sub><\/em> changes from form to matter.  Plus, consciousness2af<\/sub> stands as the form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suppose that the normal context3a<\/sub> and the potential1a<\/sub> must be different than before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0801 Notably, this thing (B, matter and form) serves as phenomena<\/em> for psychometric analysis by experts<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the experts trying to evaluate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, Soviet experts are assessing my Russian will1a<\/sub> (within the Marxist denkstyle) (C).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, in the USDB, two types of experts are employed, each utilizing a scientific format in order to camouflage their theoretically incompatible denkstyles (of capitalism and of communism).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, expert valuations<\/em> built by two incompatible ideologies<\/em> and inscribed in disciplinary languages that mimic scientific layouts,<\/em> may seem incoherent to people without academic credentials<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, many in the USDB no longer trust the science<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, that is another story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0802 Right now, my American will1a<\/sub><\/em> (which underlies my intellect3a<\/sub>) (C) speaks against what I say as matter2aom<\/sub><\/em> and my official consciousness as form<\/em> (B).  My American will1a<\/sub> (C) complements my American identity3a<\/sub> (in the USDB<\/em>regime)<\/em> (A) and, in doing so, partially accounts for the joke in point 0046.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0803 The joke is fulfilled when my private consciousness as form,<\/em> which is a facet of my consciousness <\/em>which is not official, entangles what I think2am<\/sub> as matter<\/em>, implying that what I think2am<\/sub><\/em> cannot substantiate what I say2af<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0804 Ha…ha…ha….was that an awkward shift in associations?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suppose that the USSR and the USDB are not so… um… what was I going to say?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe the following diagram<\/em> will assist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

0805 I have been warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never try to explain a joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jokes are dangerous, just like confoundings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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