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Chaotropsis

2015-12-03 · 1,701 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

Chaotropsis — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "If an angel were ever to tell us anything of his philosophy I believe many propositions would sound like 2 times 2 equa
Chaotropsis — pen and ink drawing

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"If an angel were ever to tell us anything of his philosophy I believe many propositions would sound like 2 times 2 equals 13." -Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms (1765-1799)

"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -Frank Zappa

"Without an understanding of causality there can be no theory of communication. What passes as information theory today is not communication at all, but merely transportation." -Marshall McLuhan (2011)

"History warns us, however, that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions; and, as matters now stand, it is hardly rash…

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