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summary for class last thursday 2/18
-there were many hell week interruptions, including: frequent manical laughs and a ghost reading bad poetry
-our guest that day was Paul Robstein, who started off with a silly little poem
-at first, I was confusing 'b-ing' with 'being'
-he asked us why we talked vs. why other people talked
-a horse whinny interruption
-asked us why we read and write
-then, a hellee performance interlude: an argument, then another poem and finally a condom application lesson
-robstein said another poem
-discussion of intersections
-"Keep your mouth shut unless you know what you're talking about" -Ludwig Wichenstein (I agree[ed])
-Life is mundane until you delve into it-- then, it's constant excitement
-Individual truths vs. the one truth
-approximate truth
-what's the point of conversation if we can never come to one truth?
-talking makes the world the way it is -Nelson Goodman
-make truth and reality
-the world isn't anything unless and until we talk about it
-mindsets that one needs to see conversation as construction
-an emphatic "chatter" cry
-another one
-individual subjectivity
-everyone needs to share their individual thoughts
-Anne mentions our class habit of self-editing
-culture of ability