tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3317202871660484687..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Blogging and Self-ContradictionBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-71255387275818788032008-06-03T04:58:00.000+00:002008-06-03T04:58:00.000+00:00I wouldn't worry about contradicting yourself if I...I wouldn't worry about contradicting yourself if I was you. Well, unless you're engaged in an argument you cannot afford to lose, in which case your opponent, in lawlerly fashion, may exploit that expansiveness that not being tunnel-visioned involves.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the attempt to reflect via occasional contradiction on a reality that preceded and exceeds (without asking permission - why Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467412541030183747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-55891901883593374662008-06-03T02:30:00.000+00:002008-06-03T02:30:00.000+00:00Thanks for the plug, Bryan. Brit was the poetic so...Thanks for the plug, Bryan. Brit was the poetic soul of the Daily Duck, and his absence is sorely missed. He's written some other good stuff, this one <A HREF="http://thinkofengland.blogspot.com/2007/03/in-which-toe-sells-out-by-writing-poem.html" REL="nofollow">on commission</A> for which I've yet to pay.<BR/><BR/>Consistency is overrated.Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852569465893563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-78243285994089729912008-06-02T15:25:00.000+00:002008-06-02T15:25:00.000+00:00The poem is very good.On its theme, I would like t...The poem is very good.<BR/><BR/>On its theme, I would like to contribute a link to <A HREF="http://xkcd.com/386/" REL="nofollow">this cartoon</A>.<BR/><BR/>Back to the issue of opinion being over-rated and transitory, the world (nevertheless) actually runs on it. I don't think it's that bad, as opinion can be well-founded. Consider <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_theory#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-40720479620050475292008-06-02T15:20:00.000+00:002008-06-02T15:20:00.000+00:00No, no, no. You are violating both the letter and...No, no, no. You are violating both the letter and spirit of the rules of first division competitive blogging. A casual amateur may watch you contradict yourself outrageously and just say: "Wow, is that bloke multitudinal or what?", but a true pro will spend hours searching your archives with a maniacical grin for the post he remembers from three years and two months ago where you said the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-88392521050325037052008-06-02T14:52:00.000+00:002008-06-02T14:52:00.000+00:00How odd - the way I remember it is you scoffing at...How odd - the way I remember it is you scoffing at me for the Whitman quote. Perhaps we just scoffed at each other, it would have passed the time agreeably enough. Anyway, now, all these years later, I entirely agree with you about opinions and consistency and the whole boiling. Blogging, it seems to me, positively demands self-contradiction, bad moods and good moods, dark and light, different Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19657428144988193182008-06-02T14:17:00.000+00:002008-06-02T14:17:00.000+00:00yes, I have thought that about opinions before, an...yes, I have thought that about opinions before, and I may think it again.<BR/>self-tortured? isn't blogging a bit of a busman's holiday for a writer? I know you only do it for your fans and that's as good a purpose as I can think of. anyway, you're in the business to change our minds and changing yours frequently is an excellent method in sustainability.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-87568387784903734692008-06-02T12:45:00.000+00:002008-06-02T12:45:00.000+00:00Two real years is about 20 blog-years, so that dit...Two real years is about 20 blog-years, so that ditty feels like a blast from the past.<BR/><BR/>Glad you enjoyed it, though it was actually inspired by one particular <A HREF="http://brothersjuddblog.com/" REL="nofollow">right-wing US blogger</A>, the accidental father of the Daily Duck and various other blogs, who laboured (and labours still, it seems) under the misapprehension that prolific, Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-36711530653922474332008-06-02T12:26:00.000+00:002008-06-02T12:26:00.000+00:00I found that blogging became quite easy once I sto...I found that blogging became quite easy once I stopped trying to be cogent or pretend that I’m some stable entity. This might be a different point entirely, but I find it quite reassuring. Blogs shift with the writer’s mood, which is so different to, say, most novels. I’ve just finished reading James Wood's book on fiction and he makes the point that the more interesting novels have less Uncle Dick Madeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124053234469634414noreply@blogger.com