#prescience

[odinsblog]

Prescient(ish), but quite the answer for a roomful of young children: a man must die before a woman can become president

I never knew that he said this, but I have always held this same belief, because America is sO deeply misogynistic (TERFs dni) and on top of that, America is also deeply racist. So now we have to contend with racialized misogyny. Which is why I won’t relax until Trump actually loses. Despite the bounce Democrats seem to be experiencing rn, I’m still concerned that the pro-Kamala hoopla may be in a be in a bubble (like everyone who believed that Hillary was inevitable and would easily beat Trump - and yes, I know that she won the popular vote).

Please do not take this as a death wish or me being against Kamala or anyone else beating Trump - I would vote for a dead dog over Trump, and I hope that everyone gets out and votes against Trump in November.

But this leads me to another question:

Am I missing something? What are the downsides of Biden resigning from office sometime before the end of his term, like Republicans keep demanding? I'm not necessarily suggesting this course of action, because if Republicans want it, then it’s probably not good. But on the other hand, Harris IMMEDIATELY becomes president even though she would still need to be elected in November. It would be hella interesting if Biden resigned a week or two before the election and BOOM, President Kamala Harris.

@afloweroutofstone

[dreamofmourning]

"Willfulness might strike in a moment of suspension: what gets in the way of what is on the way."

"The project form of the will is how a body comes to stretch out, in the very process of actively converting a possibility, or at least of feeling itself as involved in this conversion [...] As a possibility comes within reach, a density of experience is acquired."

[intelligentchristianlady]

Time to Reread It

“In a way, the world−view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird.

“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense. And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking otherwise, but that they might be right. For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable—what then?”

– George Orwell, 1984

[j-august]

He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to see the past in the future.

Frank Herbert, Dune

[inkmo]

imagine this thing chugging like five potions and running at you screaming.

[capsulas]

La serie "Dune" es conocida por su riqueza filosófica, y "Hijos de Dune" no es la excepción. Este libro te invita a reflexionar sobre temas complejos como el poder, la libertad, la predestinación y la ética. Es una obra que te desafía a pensar y a cuestionar el mundo que te rodea.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Time, inexhaustible wound, for your unwitnessed and destitute coronation. —Franz Wright

[Thanks to Hasham]

[muaddibstyleguide]

Wondering how much of the Golden Path the Atreides boys could even see, given that a big part of it was spreading their genes around in order to shield people from prescience.

[sjerzgirl]

[crescentsandcrossthreads]

Thinking about my response from a while back about the nature of prescience in the Dune novels and how it was so incomplete, another fan had to rightly point it out.

Just makes me want to write a proper essay about it with citations to be really thorough.

But damn my chores!

[theboywhocan11]

Muad’Dib gave us a particular kind of knowledge about prophetic insight, about the behavior which surrounds such insight and its influence upon events which are seen to be "on line." (That is, events which are set to occur in a related system which the prophet reveals and interprets.) As has been noted elsewhere, such insight operates as a peculiar trap for the prophet himself. He can become the victim of what he knows-which is a relatively common human failing. The danger is that those who predict real events may overlook the polarizing effect brought about by overindulgence in their own truth. They tend to forget that nothing in a polarized universe can exist without its opposite being present.

The Prescient Vision By Harq Al-Ada (Page: 444. Novel: Children of Dune. Author: Frank Herbert)

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Hand of the Gods: Prescience by Eksafael

[dreamofmourning]

prescience (which is quite directly connected here (as ever) with beauty but that's another issue)

youtube commenter-philosopher tcv12 and ME: greatness tells you what's about to happen next

(under a video of the mcdavid rangers goal, the second best part of which is the included 20 straight seconds of stunned silence. "It has no precedent or it has as its only precedent that which is itself unprecedented." and therefore no ready language to describe it)

from 1/13/24 and 1/26/24, crosby reacting to goals before the player even takes the shot:

dufourmantelle vs. wallace:

via the athletic:

he uses his premonition

[intelligentchristianlady]

Look what I found! Click the link ;)

[j-august]

The Guild navigators, gifted with limited prescience, had made the fatal decision: they'd chosen always the clear, safe course that leads every downward into stagnation.

Frank Herbert, Dune

[capsulas]

¿Por qué deberías leer "Hijos de Dune"?

Recientemente terminé de leer "Hijos de Dune" de Frank Herbert, y me gustaría compartir algunas razones por las que creo que es una lectura esencial para los amantes de la ciencia ficción y más allá:

Profundidad Filosófica: La serie "Dune" es conocida por su riqueza filosófica, y "Hijos de Dune" no es la excepción. Este libro te invita a reflexionar sobre temas complejos como el poder, la libertad, la predestinación y la ética. Es una obra que te desafía a pensar y a cuestionar el mundo que te rodea.

Desarrollo de Personajes: Los personajes de "Hijos de Dune" son complejos y multifacéticos. A través de Leto y Ghanima Atreides, Herbert explora la carga de la herencia y el peso de las expectativas. La lucha interna de Alia con las voces de sus antepasados añade una capa adicional de conflicto y profundidad psicológica.

Construcción de Mundo: Arrakis es un personaje en sí mismo. La descripción detallada del planeta, su ecología, cultura y política, es tan envolvente que te sentirás transportado a este mundo desértico. La atención al detalle de Herbert es impresionante y contribuye a una experiencia de lectura inmersiva.

Tramas Intrincadas: Si disfrutas de las historias con tramas políticas y conspiraciones, "Hijos de Dune" te mantendrá al borde de tu asiento. Las maquinaciones y las luchas de poder son un reflejo de la complejidad de las relaciones humanas y la lucha por el control.

Legado Literario: Leer "Hijos de Dune" es también una forma de apreciar y entender mejor el legado de una de las sagas más influyentes de la ciencia ficción. La influencia de "Dune" se extiende más allá de su género, y este libro es un pilar fundamental en la historia de la literatura especulativa.

En resumen, "Hijos de Dune" es más que una simple continuación de una saga popular; es una obra que combina una narrativa emocionante con una exploración profunda de temas universales. Es una invitación a perderse en un universo alternativo que refleja y desafía nuestro propio mundo. Si aún no lo has leído, te animo a que lo hagas y descubras por ti mismo la magia de "Hijos de Dune".