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1. probably. at a certain level, obviously: but you can add texture or weight to a predisposition through information, yes? but there's always a sense in which you look for features that you are predisposed to look for. but it's not therefore the case that those features are just functions of your predispositions. well, they could be if you don't have any information.
2. the "other" is a metaphysical category.
what else can it do but dull?
the trick is that it's inverse dulls even more.
maybe there's only particularities.
but that makes people tired, thinking that way.
obliges you to look at stuff.
but what do you look at?
see (1) above.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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