Question: Does infinite number of correct interpretations equate to no wrong interpretations?
No, I think not. To use the pencil example from class, a number 2 pencil can be described in an infinite number of ways. It can be described as a number 1+1 pencil, 0+2 pencil, -1+3 pencil, -N+|-N-2| pencil, 3-1 pencil, 4-2 pencil, N-(N-2) pencil ad infinitum. There are an infinite number of numbers and therefore, and infinite number of ways to describe the pencil in that sense. This does not, however, mean that there are no wrong ways to describe the number two pencil. The description number 0+3 pencil is not a correct way to describe the number two pencil because 0 + 3 is not two. Since this description of the pencil does not accurately describe the pencil, and because it contradicts the information on the pencil, we must conclude that this interpretation is wrong. In addition to all this, though number 2 pencil and number 500-498 pencil are both acceptable descriptions, one of them is easier to understand and communicate. The pencil does, in fact, say that it is a number two pencil, not 500-498 pencil.
07 April 2012
How Art Contributed Nothing to Anything Ever
On how art has never ever - in the history of anything - contributed to social structure and history.
I say, music has essentially contributed nothing to society. Music had no effect, at all, on the protests and movement in the 1960's. John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Woodie Guthrie, Buffalo Springfield, and so on, had absolutely no effect on the civil rights movement and anti-war protests. How society views the Vietnam war had nothing to with the singer/songwriters of the time. In fact, all of rock 'n' roll had little to do with the sexual revolution. The Bible has basically had no effect on history, it had little to do with the inquisition, and was not a major cause of many sorts of persecutions. To this day it has no effect on society, people hardly use it to justify hate towards homosexuals along with other sorts of hate. In fact, during the fight for abolition, supporters of slavery hardly used the bible to support the institution. On the other hand, the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. didn't at all use the bible during the fight for civil rights for African Americans. Mother Theresa didn't even use it to inspire her kind deeds. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair didn't affect the meat industry. Photography of the Civil War didn't at all influence war and how it was portrayed by the media.
I say, music has essentially contributed nothing to society. Music had no effect, at all, on the protests and movement in the 1960's. John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Woodie Guthrie, Buffalo Springfield, and so on, had absolutely no effect on the civil rights movement and anti-war protests. How society views the Vietnam war had nothing to with the singer/songwriters of the time. In fact, all of rock 'n' roll had little to do with the sexual revolution. The Bible has basically had no effect on history, it had little to do with the inquisition, and was not a major cause of many sorts of persecutions. To this day it has no effect on society, people hardly use it to justify hate towards homosexuals along with other sorts of hate. In fact, during the fight for abolition, supporters of slavery hardly used the bible to support the institution. On the other hand, the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. didn't at all use the bible during the fight for civil rights for African Americans. Mother Theresa didn't even use it to inspire her kind deeds. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair didn't affect the meat industry. Photography of the Civil War didn't at all influence war and how it was portrayed by the media.
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