diff --git a/content/post/IKN0X2223.md b/content/post/IKN0X2223.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c6dbe61c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/post/IKN0X2223.md @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@ +--- +title: "IKN0X2223 : Epistemological Cartography (The Panacea for delusional but aspiring rationals)" +date: 2024-04-05T05:54:07+05:30 +categories: ["Polymathy"] +tags: ["documentation","epistemology","cartography","that's-what-she-said","muse","conquest","ambition","delusional","mythology","poetry","rhetoric"] +--- + +*check out what an IKN0x means [here](https://rajpatil.dev/post/ikn0x0/)* + +*Snap-shotting projections of mind over time is a good habit +that you "hould practice.* + +I will try my best to persuade you of that... + +An over-powered upside to pursuing multiple interests +over the span of your life is to have the ability to compare and +contrast multiple domains, akin to having multiple hill forts over +your territory than only establishing a centralized castle. + +In your conquests towards expanding your epistemological empire, you will +have to chart out where you've been and what you've marked to be +explored sometime down the lane. + +## Documentation doesn't have to be a duty + +Documentation, compared to actually building abstractions, is +considered to be a somewhat inferior activity. + +I personally have struggled with boredom as well when it came to documenting my +deliverables from time to time at work. + +I do acknowledge the importance of good documentation in any domain to +help collaborators catch up to speed quickly and consequently speed up +the expansion of the domain. + +But I also do acknowledge that exploring nascent domains like an +intellectual vagabond, or more ambitiously - an epistemological +explorer, is a funner way to go about it. + +My personality isn't quite the one that would like to criticise and +account for existing discoveries but discover blooming phenomena +myself. + +Not that I look down on such structured duties but I'd +frame it as me admiring other cups of tea better. + +[Epistemology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology) and +[Cartography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography) are fairly +[fundamental domains that one could benefit by the merger of](https://buffer.rajpatil.dev/%2F20231003181631-epistemological_cartography.html). + +Intellectually charting out the philosophical theory of knowledge +helps one undertake the task of building the bigger picture (or +better yet, architect the matrix (I'm inclined to assume the +existence of one)) in a more +delusionally ambitious and enthusiastic manner. + +## Don't "Don't Document" Stuff + +Thinking in consequences of not carrying out a task can potentially turn out to +be a better incentive than focusing on the gains of doing +so: I regularly use the notion of negative rewards to keep me from +avoiding a necessary task. + +*Snap-shotting projections of mind over time is a "good" habit +that you "should" practice.* + +That didn't sound quite compelling, right? + +Let me hit you with what ensues if you choose otherwise: + +#### Static Personality Syndrome + +Regular self-reflections indicate that you don't even need to put in +the effort to really change an aspect about yourself : it's an +inevitable characteristic of any abstraction that exists over a +relatively long duration. + +Lack there-of might result in an unjustified bias of your core +thoughts being stagnant. + +You probably just aren't registering the minor updates on a regular +basis for an observable change to accumulate in an aware manner. + +Still don't quite feel what I wish to convey, right? + +Lemme infuse some intensity... + +#### The Minotaur of Eureka + +[Theseus laid out a red +thread](https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/myth-of-theseus-and-minotaur/) +to help him traverse the labyrinth. + +After chancing upon an intriguing insight, you run the risk of losing +your intellectual bearing simply cause of the hormonal implications of +a eureka. + +Now, there's nothing wrong with enjoying the occasional +epistemological high but you have to retain a few designated drivers +to take you back to a stable thought process again. + +I speak from experience : marrying an elegant idea when you're sloshed +in Vegas doesn't last as you'd want it to and ends up with +regrets. Love at first sight sounds romantic (and it is) but I like to +hedge my paths when it comes to wisdom (doing it with women is +probably not a wise piece of advice). + +I recommend courting an idea over multiple dates, testing out if you +really are for each other and only then promoting that idea to a +personified muse. + +[Reverse chronological +streams](https://buffer.rajpatil.dev/20230712132109-timestamps.html) +are my map (the red thread) saving me from the trauma of recursive introspection +(the labyrinth) and consequent intellectual burnouts (the minotaur) : +my journals (my epistemologial Ariadne) helped me realized the +importance of always logging my exits and entries, however meager - +prominence wise - they initially seem to be. + +If you're not the techno-mythical kind of human (that is really, +really sad), this won't hit hard as well ... + +Maybe.., I'll try casting a much wider wider net to mesmerize the largest +chunk of personalities I can imagine - a lil'bit of poetic imagery to +the rescue ... + +#### The Gardener and the Butterfly + +Let's paint a picture..., + +In this garden of domains do you wish to be the eternally euphoric +butterfly that roams around experiencing the flowers of the +instantaneous present, potentially sacrificing macro-awareness.. + +or + +Do you wish to be the gardener tending to a more elaborate context, to +see your tendees (domains that you tend to (this isn't a word)) mature +and flourish into trees, yielding calm shades, allowing you to enjoy +the butterflies while you sip away on a warm cup of coffee.. + +To emphasize the already evident, I prefer the latter and am willing to put in the hardwork that goes into maturing your edgy intellect into peaceful +wisdom. + +## Document Stuff + +***Snap-shotting projections of mind over time is a GOOD habit that you SHOULD practice.*** + +Now, I hope that hit just the right spot, leaving you calm and +satisfied (That's what the muse said in my head) ...