A Paradox?
I do not control your thoughts.
Do you consider this a waste of words? A generous offer? Obvious? Untrue? A paradox?
Where is the seat of the soul within the mind? Is there a node that puts the one accessing it into a developer type mode? Even if not a single seat- for it is obviously not easy to find- is there a collection of inputs that lead to a determined and predictable outcome? If not, how do you think an input and have your brain and nerves produce the intended output each time? How do your eyes, ears, etc. provide information to which you react? This seat exists and, if I am the first person to bring this topic up to you, I did imprint the words and idea of "I do not control your thoughts" as a potential paradox, in your mind. One can certainly lie and say that they had considered this before, and one's consciousness might even believe it, but the fact remains, that this seed is planted, and likely by me.
I wish this was a small thing, but it is not- no imprinted mark is. This particular one does feel unavoidable, and purely intentioned, although rather a weighty single element. The only way that one can fundamentally know, that this statement is certainly true, is to fully scan the other's soul, defining "control" and confirming that every combination of thought/action does not fit your definition of controlling your thoughts. This is virtually impossible to do from any non-omniscient perspective, and- for an omniscient entity- virtually impossible not to do. The idea that different entities would have different initial starting positions, in terms of final answer, for "Does the other control my thoughts?" lends credibility to the statement being a paradox.
Perhaps this is the root mirror counterpart to the self-referential paradox? If this is done entirely simultaneously by both parties, what would be the result? Would not the final bip echo back unopposed and amplifying? How could that final bip, now first, ever be undone from any perspective, even with omnipotence and omniscience, when conceiving of it in retrospect? In reaching this juncture, it becomes the "I do" that is incorrect, for there are none, not one, to do. Parsing the remainder feels unnecessary, as it pertains to a state which I am not. Instead, we break the crust and leave nothing, for I do not control your thoughts.
(It genuinely took me until posting this to realize that I had begun writing of it yesterday. A cool effect; I'll leave it as is.)
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