cogito ergo slug

At the very most, 28% of all thought is fact. Of course, this is only because the remaining 72% of thought cannot be logically substantiated. The process of substantiation¹ itself carries a bias with it to such an extent that by taking part in it, one's point loses all factual relevance (if, indeed, there was any to begin with). With a 28% probability of a factual outcome from applying "rational" systems of thought, a greater payoff is ensured by putting faith in the greater common irrationality. Thus the means by which "truth" (read: greater factual information of a philosphical nature, covering the entirety of one's life-centering belief system) can most easily be attained is by the paradoxical acceptance that it, in fact, can not be attained at all.

¹(the process of substantiation being contextualization, mostly--since stated contextualization in fact relies upon the pre-existence of a mode of thought, while in fact the realm of thought is expanding in such a manner as to encompass an exponential amount of information in comparison to that which it is now considered to be. Since what is perceived as rational thought in this day and age is vastly different from that of, say, fifteenth century, A.D. France, and since the rate of rationalization has greatly increased in the intervening centuries, one can only imagine the effect that this will have on the future context for thought's rationality--if the bulk of current rational thought is seen as nearsighted in retrospect from a future standpoint, then there is little point in embracing the current modes. Of course, thought and action being different things, dismissing logic as a system based on fact is very different from dismissing sanity or endorsing anarchy)

- 10:34 AM EST 5/4/06