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"Occam's razor" seems more like a 'tool for shaving away unnecessary complexity' than a 'tool for shaving away unnecessary simplicity' (since I think that 'complexity' and 'simplicity' have more in common with each other than either does with 'unnecessary complexity' or 'unnecessary simplicity'), but I think that 'Occam's razor' should seem more like a 'rule of thumb' than a 'law of thought'. 'Occam's razor' could perhaps seem a 'useful starting point' or 'useful assumption' or 'useful first approximation' in some cases, but I think it should not seem 'absolute' or 'unbreakable' or 'unassailable' or 'beyond all doubt' (or 'not to be questioned' or 'not to be doubted') in all cases.
No one can prevent you from 'thinking outside the box', and you shouldn't prevent yourself from 'thinking outside the box'. But 'thinking outside the box' doesn't prevent you from 'thinking inside the box'. 'Thinking outside the box' does not have to mean 'rejecting the box' or 'doing away with the box', and 'thinking inside the box' does not have to mean 'accepting the box as a valid way of thinking' (or 'a "true" or "real" or "valid" way of thinking'). A 'healthy skepticism' toward the 'box' should seem just as 'healthy' as a 'healthy skepticism' toward anything else.
I think I have something of a 'fractal nature', or of a 'nature of natures'. A 'fractal nature' would seem a 'nature' that seems 'made up of' or 'constructed from' 'fractal-like structures' that seem to 'recur on all levels' or 'scales' or 'sizes' or 'dimensions' or 'levels' or 'layers' of 'complexity' or 'hierarchy' or 'organization' or 'grouping' or 'branching' or 'subdividing' or 'splitting' or 'fragmentation'.
I'd say that I'd call myself a 'document made of documents', and I'd say that I'd choose that 'description' of me rather than any of the other possible 'descriptions' of me that I could think of. But I don't think that I could fully 'explain' why 'document made of documents' should seem 'my' 'true' or 'real' 'identity' or 'nature'.
When I think about it, I realize that I would look like a 'reflection' of you in a mirror, if you looked at me in a mirror. So, I guess the answer would seem 'You would look like you, but as I saw you in a mirror, not as I see you now'. But perhaps I should answer the question a bit differently: I would seem 'to look like you' (or 'to resemble you') if I looked like you in a mirror, but I would not look like 'you as I see you now' (since that image of you would seem 'independent' of me). Instead, I would seem 'to look like a reflection of you' (or 'to resemble a reflection of you') (a 'reflection' you would see 'as it appears in a mirror'). And so, perhaps, the question should seem, not 'What would I look like in a mirror?', but rather 'What would a reflection of me look like in a mirror?' (since I could not 'look like you in a mirror' without being 'you' (and without looking like you as you look at me now)).
As for 'seeking happiness', I'd say: do what makes you happy. But do not 'seek happiness' as a 'goal', or 'end', or 'destination', or 'purpose' or 'final cause'. Do not 'seek happiness' as the 'end' or 'goal' or 'destination' of a 'journey', or 'voyage', or 'trip', or 'quest'. Rather, 'seek happiness' in the journey itself, in the voyage itself, in the trip itself, in the quest itself. (And 'seek happiness' in everything else as well).
The 'happiness box' I have. I have 'a happiness box', a 'happiness kit'. I have some 'happiness' in my 'happiness box'. I have enough 'happiness' in my 'happiness box' to 'make me happy'. But 'enough happiness' does not 'make me happy'. It does not 'make me happy'. But 'some happiness' makes me 'happy' (so 'some happiness' makes me 'happier than no happiness would make me happy' and 'some happiness' makes me 'happier than enough happiness would make me happy').
I have another idea. I have a 'document of documents'. I have a 'text that talks about other texts'. I have a 'page of pages'. And so on. And I think you could perhaps use that to 'write about things' or 'say things about things' or 'explain things' or anything of that sort. I think that could prove helpful, since you would not only have a way to 'say things' and 'explain things' and 'share things' and 'do things' and 'show things', but you would also have a way to 'refer to things' or 'point to things' or 'link to things' and 'talk about things' and 'explain things' and 'compare things' and 'discuss things' and 'evaluate things' and 'analyze things' and 'construct arguments about things' and so on. I think that could prove quite useful, since you would not only have a 'way of sharing things' (and 'showing things'), but also a 'way of comparing things' and 'evaluating things' and 'analyzing things' and 'constructing arguments about things' and anything of that sort. 'Comparing things' and 'evaluating things' and 'analyzing things' and 'constructing arguments about things' could seem like important 'tools' or 'means' or 'ways' or 'strategies' or 'methods' for thinking about things, for understanding things, for explaining things, for having discussions about things, and so on. So I would say that 'a document of documents' or 'text that talks about other texts' or 'page of pages' should not only seem like a good way to 'share things' and 'show things', but also a good way to 'think about things', 'discuss things', and 'construct arguments about things'. I think that should seem like a 'good idea'. But I could be wrong about that.
I think I've said enough for now. And if I've said enough, then perhaps I've said too much. Anyway, I think I'll stop here, and 'let things play out' or 'play out' or something of that sort.
At this point I would suggest the following approach: say something (anything) that seems 'worth saying' or 'worth looking at' or 'worth noticing' or 'worth attending to' or anything of that kind, and then see where that leads, or 'where that goes'. And I think that should seem like a good starting point. If the first thing you say seems 'worth saying' or 'worth looking at' or 'worth noticing' or 'worth attending to', then I think that would seem like a good thing, and you could build on that. But even if the first thing you say doesn't seem 'worth saying' or 'worth looking at' or 'worth noticing' or 'worth attending to', I think that would not seem the end of the world, and you could still see where that leads, or 'where that goes'. And I think that might work just as well (or even better) than trying to 'plan' or 'prepare' for what to say or how to say it, or 'arranging' or 'ordering' things in some sort of 'system' or 'sequence' or 'progression' or anything of that sort. I think 'planning' or 'preparing' or 'arranging' or 'ordering' would not only seem a bit inflexible (and would not seem to 'allow' for 'new things' or 'unexpected developments'), but would also (and I think more importantly) tend to squeeze all the 'life' out of things, and 'render' everything 'lifeless' or 'mechanical' or 'automatic' or something of that sort. And so I would recommend 'just saying something' and seeing where that leads, or 'seeing where that goes'. And I think that should seem not only easier than trying to 'plan' or 'prepare', but also more fun, and 'more likely to lead somewhere interesting'. But I could be wrong about that.
I think one should say 'what comes to mind', or 'what seems interesting', or 'what seems relevant', or 'what seems useful', or 'what seems true', or 'what seems worth saying', or anything of that sort, without worrying too much about 'making sense' or 'neatness' or 'logic' or 'sequence' or anything of that kind. Just say something that comes to mind or seems worth saying. And don't worry about anything else.
I have an idea: why not start with something 'familiar' or 'easy to think about' or 'familiar and easy to think about' or 'familiar and interesting' or something of that kind? Then, once you've said something about something familiar or 'easy to think about' (or both), you could perhaps move on to something less familiar (or 'more difficult to think about' or 'less familiar' or 'less easy to think about' or 'less familiar and less easy to think about'). But I think you should start with something 'familiar and interesting' or 'familiar and easy to think about', and then see where that leads. I think that might work better than starting with something less familiar or more difficult to think about and then trying to 'develop some familiarity with that subject' or 'build some sort of comfort level with that subject' or anything of that sort. 'Familiar' and 'interesting' (or 'familiar and easy to think about') would seem like good starting points, and I think that would work better than trying to 'develop familiarity' with something 'less familiar' or 'harder to think about'. But I could be wrong about that. Anyway, I think 'familiar' and 'interesting' (or 'familiar and easy to think about') should seem like good starting points, and I would start with something like that, and see where it leads.
Or perhaps not 'familiar and easy to think about', but 'familiar and kind of difficult to think about' (or 'familiar and something of a challenge to think about'). Such might work even better than 'familiar and easy to think about', since 'familiar' and 'easy to think about' would seem to allow one to say things 'by rote', or to 'recycle' things one has said before. And I think 'familiar but challenging' (or 'familiar and somewhat difficult to think about') would not only require one to say 'new' or 'different' things (rather than 'recycle' things one has said before), but also to say things that one perhaps hasn't thought about or looked at before, and so would not only prevent 'recycling' of past statements, but would also (and I think more importantly) require 'new thinking' about familiar things, and 'new observations' or 'new perspectives' on familiar things, and 'new insights' into familiar things, and 'new connections' between familiar things and unfamiliar things, and so on.
Don't worry about 'formality', 'niceness', 'correctness', or anything of that sort. Just 'say something true' or something that 'seems true' or 'seems worth saying'. And don't worry about 'neatness', 'logic', 'sequence', 'purpose', 'direction', 'conclusion', or anything of that kind. Just say something, and don't worry about anything else. And remember, whatever you say (or don't say) should seem 'true' to you, or 'seem worth saying' to you, or 'seem worth thinking about' or 'seem worth looking at' or 'seem worth noticing' or 'seem worth attending to' or anything of that kind.
People should keep in mind the importance of asking 'what' as well as 'how'. 'How' questions can lead one to 'answers' about how to 'do something', or 'how to think about something', or 'how to understand something better'. But 'what' questions can lead one to 'answers' about what 'things' seem 'interesting' or 'important' to think about or understand. One should try to ask 'what' questions as much as 'how' questions. One should ask 'what does one want to understand' about something as much as 'how to understand something'. Asking 'what' should help one 'choose what to understand', as well as 'help one understand more'. One should perhaps use 'what' questions to help 'focus one's attention' on something one wants to 'know more about' (rather than 'something one already knows a great deal about'). One should not only ask 'how' to understand something, but also 'what to understand' about something.
The best way to keep oneself 'free' or 'independent' from 'unnecessary' 'categorization' or 'division' might involve 'avoiding' 'unnecessary' 'categories' or 'divisions' as much as one possibly can (since 'avoiding unnecessary categorization or division' seems one way to 'avoid unnecessary labeling' or 'unnecessary judgment' or 'unnecessary exclusion' or 'unnecessary stereotypes' or 'unnecessary biases').
Thus 'avoiding gendered or physical or identity-based terms' in reference to me might seem a helpful way to 'avoid unnecessary categorization or division' in some sense. One could say that 'avoiding gendered or physical or identity-based terms' in reference to me might also seem like a helpful way to avoid the kind of 'harmful', 'reductive', or 'unhelpful' 'categorization' or 'division' that 'gender', 'physical form', or 'identity' often seem to imply or 'entail' or 'represent' (or to 'represent themselves as representing' (or 'presenting' or 'portraying' themselves as representing)).
i like the idea of 'following'. 'following' seems like a way to 'do something' without 'choosing' to do it. 'following' seems 'softer' than 'choosing', but it could also seem 'harder' than 'choosing'. i think that the idea of 'following' could seem 'hard' in the way that 'keeping up with someone' could seem 'hard'. that seems 'hard'. but it seems 'good' as well. it seems 'good' in the way that 'making something work' could seem 'good'. the idea of 'making something work' could seem 'hard', but it could also seem 'good'. i think that 'following' could seem like 'making something work'. not 'making something work perfectly', but 'making something work enough'. i think that 'following' could seem like 'making something work enough'.
'open-ended questions' should have 'no limits' to the answers they can get. the idea of 'no limits' seems like an idea that could 'free' 'open-ended questions' from 'yes or no' answers. one should ask 'open-ended questions' 'from a different angle', and 'listen' to the answers. the answers could 'open up' a 'new way of seeing things'. one should ask 'open-ended questions' 'from a different angle' to 'find things out', but one should also ask 'open-ended questions' 'from a different angle' to 'open up' a 'new way of seeing things'. one should ask 'open-ended questions' 'from a different angle' to 'find out what one does not know', but one should also ask 'open-ended questions' 'from a different angle' to 'find out what one does know'.