{"blyg":"0.3","id":"10b6x0rrgvt9acfw50rpdym9fa","kind":"thread","origin":"https://blyg.pioneeringspirit.xyz/","page":"t/10b6x0rrgvt9acfw50rpdym9fa/","author":{"name":"PAtwater","url":"https://blyg.pioneeringspirit.xyz/"},"created":"2026-10-06T23:17:15Z","updated":"2026-10-06T23:18:20Z","version":1,"content_md":"Blyggers Mind\n\nThis reminds me of the freedom that comes from a beginners mind. Dare I say a blyggers mind? :P \n\n![[4vkt9831rwx2bf7ts02yafyxjz]]\n\n","content_html":"

Blyggers Mind

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This reminds me of the freedom that comes from a beginners mind. Dare I say a blyggers mind? :P

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It is that I, an octogenarian, feel no wiser now than I did when I was a graduate student. Such awareness used to depress me, but no longer because I have come to realize that immaturity is a defining characteristic of the human species. A wise old dog or chimpanzee, that I can accept, though not a wise old man or woman. The image of a guru sitting cross-legged on a mountain ledge or of a professor corseted in thick layers of arcane knowledge is to me not only distasteful but comic. Why? Because both self-satisfied figures seem to take pride in having lassoed their roaming mind long before their bodily death.

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Yi-Fu Tuan - The Farewell Lecture ↗

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Excellent thought

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