Quality... You Know What It Is, Yet

In The Temple Of Science Are Many Mansions ... And Various Indeed Are They That Dwell Therein And The Motives That Have Led Them Thither.

Man Is Not The Source Of All Things, As The Subjective Idealists Would Say. Nor Is He The Passive Observer Of All Things, As The Objective Idealists Would Say. The Quality Which Creates The World Emerges As A Relationship Between Man And His Experience. He Is A Participant In The Creation Of All Things. The Measure Of All Things.

The Only Difference Between Causation And The Value Is That The Word "cause" Implies Absolute Certainty Whereas The Implied Meaning Of "value" Is One Of Preference. In Classical Science It Was Supposed That The World Always Works In Terms Of Absolute Certainty And That "cause" Is The More Appropriate Word To Describe It. But In Modern Quantum Physics All That Is Changed. Particles "prefer" To Do What They Do. An Individual Particle Is Not Absolutely Committed To One Predictable Behavior. What Appears To Be An Absolute Cause Is Just A Very Consistent Pattern Of Preferences.

It's Normal At This Point For The Fear-anger Syndrome To Take Over And Make You Want To Hammer On That Side Plate With A Chisel, To Pound It Off With A Sledge If Necessary. You Think About It, And The More You Think About It The More You're Inclined To Take The Whole Machine To A High Bridge And Drop It Off. It's Just Outrageous That A Tiny Little Slot Of A Screw Can Defeat You So Totally.

New York Has Always Been Going To Hell But Somehow It Never Gets There.