Longest Route

 

Distance Does not Correspond to Time

Traveling on paths and roads 

for years and decades

sometimes even centuries

may not get one to a target

or a discovery

counting steps and leaps 

naps and sleeps

do not predict 

the wear on shoe soles

and on the soul

Enjoying the landscape 

the fleeting glimpses of things

and creatures

and events 

is the aim 

No need to connect the pieces

Let the puzzle stay 

colorful and crowded

on a white tablecloth

to puzzle others 

other selves

scattered 

in and out of mind

May 18, 2022

THE GATHERER HOARDERS

After Hunters Gatherers

Came

Gatherer Hoarders

We gathered grass

and berries

mushrooms also

pictures of memories

were drawn

and taken

and stored

heirlooms and images

like

the berries and the mushrooms

picked, sorted

tasted

and hoarded 

for pride and posterity

Ahmet C. Celebiler

May 11, 2022

MULTIPLE SINGULARITIES

A  Quantum Mythology of The New Belief 

first there was a dream

a dream of a singularity

very anthropomorphic

as the only possibility

in the steady state universe

then

a curve of  zero energy 

not possible

like a baseball pitch

shaping the orb

the orb of animation

almost mostly 

always coming back to the curvature

of a boomerang 

in common nightmares of

black unicorns

selfishly

replacing minotaurs in

a post operational brain

free of sub-sensual haematoma

hence

able to visualize Zeus and Hera

undeterred by Hephaestus

A.C.C May 1. 2022

A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

 

THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE

It is not history that repeats itself. It is political leaders and governments and the people who allow them their full use of ignorance, greed, lack of compassion and empathy and misconceptions, and then applaud when they misbehave.

History repeats itself is a very weak excuse for man’s inhumanity to man.

The big difference from the past is that, the last few centuries a small number of people in the world are aware of the causes of this inhumanity but do not have the knowhow and the power to banish it.

“Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.’

“ Herodotus”

aHMET c. cELEBILER    30 aPRIL 2022

ON WAR and STRIFE

 Why not go to war to settle our differences?

Are all wars "unjust"?

Ahmet Celebiler

, Stoic acceptance of Pyrrhonic pataphysics age 14 - 77

Answered just now

It really depends on your definition and belief in what is just and what is not.

A stoic would consider no wars to be just.

A pataphysicist will consider your question and all wars as absurd.

A believer in an Abrahamic religion would tell you that the answer will depend on scripture and views of holy men/students of related texts.

An American would say any war waged to bring democracy and enlightenment to an inferior nation or peoples, or that advances American political and economic interests is just.

A vassal state or international organization and/or their leaders will support the views of the powerful and the side that it believes will bring future advantage to them.

All the proponents and opponents may cite history and religion and populistic beliefs to support their views and actions.

Both sides will manufacture false examples, lies and unrelated and illogical arguments in justification

Scholars will scratch their heads and not necessarily to fulfil their periodic dandruff quotas.

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TRIAL BY OSMOSIS : A SCIENTIFIC MEDITATION

 

Trial by Osmosis, A Philosophical Investigation

Newborns and their mothers bond

spouses bond

huggers hope to bond

so do pets 

Bonding through the eight senses is common

bonding by osmosis

thought to be in realm of physics or chemistry

lately finding its place in sociology and psychology

as also  tested

through hugging

even slapping, scratching

stroking

physically and mentally

while awake

and during somnolence

It is, in fact,

a nocebo effect

of real and illusory

sentimentality

which can overcome 

most cases of hypochondry

with or without symptoms of neuropathy

Ahmet C.  

April 29, 2022

SHOULD YOU SHOW YOU ARE NATIONALISTIC

 

NATIONALISM  VS  PATRIOTISM,  ANOTHER MEANS OF SIMPLIFYING ONE'S LIFE

What is nationalism? As a student, how can you show your nationalism?

Ahmet Celebiler

, Ph.D (ABD) International Studies, University of Denver (1974)

Answered just now

Do not confuse nationalism with patriotism. Nationalism is a political concept and applies to governments and the political system. As such, it is in the same categorization as communism, capitalism, liberalism, etc. A person cannot show their nationalism or socialism. To be nationalistic is a different matter and is no different than being racist or a chauvinist.

Patriotism, on the other hand, means commitment to the ideals, beliefs, emotions and aims regarding the interests of your country as specified by the founders, the politicians who followed, the educational system which indoctrinated the youth and the propaganda machine which promulgated the adherence of the citizens so that they will be willing to sacrifice themselves, their families and property for the published “good of the state” sometimes meaning, the good of an elite, the good of politicians, the good of certain organizations……so that they can have a real or symbolic place at a special cemetery, having fulfilled their missions.

The best you can do to show your nationalism as a student is to wave the flag of your country at any opportunity, learn the names of all high level government officials and make obeisance to them in public.

Showing patriotism requires that you enlist in the military or a militia, or a vigilante group and that you argue vehemently and sometimes violently at every occasion that your country and your way of life  is the best of all possible ones, past, present and future, or you may prefer a clandestine organization with similar activities.

PS. These are not class notes and were never disclosed in any college course.