I don't think it'll be in this thread.
I can fix that.
uhhh. . . . hmmmm. . . . first edit:
this is an interesting challenge. . . . directly taking on a mathematical proof of EJ's erroneous a priori passing thoughts' fallibility. I am searching my onboard data base of philosophical meanderings. . . . did Plato address this fundamental problem in the human condition? Did Aristotle work this problem into his schema of shadow realities we are doomed like slaves to deal with throughout our lives chained beneath the projections of mainstream media producers? Did Jesus say something about this? Did Joseph Smith? Karl Marx? Nietzche? Freud? Dr. Jones?
tbc.
uhhh. . . . . hmmmmmm.. . . . second edit:
The most obvious point of attack is the freeby trout offers. . . "I don't think. . . .", a point few worldly philosophers would miss. People who don't think stuff are the primary protagonists of thinkers. . . . you know, like in the famous statue depicted in every book offered as material for a first course in philosophy. Obviously most people won't think this, or won't think that, because on the face of things, it would just be stupid to admit thinking about one little thing like that, or another. It implies there is nothing better to be thinking. . . .
And in this case, the point is even more poignant. Why would anybody think the longest post ever would be the only previous post in this particular thread, which has been, so far, noticed by only three or four contenders?
However, as with every other point of contention between humans, any assertion of fact will immediately draw flies, gnats, spiders, bats, rats, snakes, raptors, coyotes, and then cougars into a vortex of argument, and some naïve fool who just loves attention will begin to prove the fact wrong by any means possible or available.
And, in this case, provided by the OP and directly precipitated by the second. . . .
tbc.
uhhhhh. . . . . hmmmm. . . . .
As usual, my thinking on things changes almost every day, or whenever I have time to think again.
I've decided Trout is right. Yes, right. Just plain right in the shape of the SNL "Church Lady" tradition, and for the same reasons.
And, in honor of Trout's divine rightness, I'll take this to the same level. Being right philosophically always comes down to a toilet moment, when you are finally just done with stuff, or any subject. At such a time when you can concretely lay it all out in plain view, and smell, and point to it objectively, you are finally "right".
However, that is also the time when it is most appropriate to just flush it away and think again.
The sculptor of that great masterpiece, "The Thinker", omits the most essential part of the picture, The Toilet.
I am now done with Trout. I will move on to more profound insights. Next Time.
