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12:40 PM - CCSA: this actually interacts pretty well with post modern narrative theory
12:42 PM - CCSA: the idea that in the literature of exhaustion, so called by barth, the search for an objective truth breaks down, even an objective truth is undefinable. people begin becoming unsure of previously established facts, unsure of everything that seemed certain
12:42 PM - CCSA: qualia, the "knowing" of things, relates to that
12:48 PM - CCSA: we see this in retracings of history through historiographic literature, such as maus and inglorious basterds. Even historical facts become misremembered, available to interpretation, stylistic nuance, &c. In such a world, where even science doesn't satisfy, nothing is really known to be real. I can't reasonably establish that even you, Invictus, are real, because I am limited by my own perceptions. Even if my perceptions confirmed your existence through touch, sight, smell, &c, these perceptions can be fooled, simulated. And even scientific apparatus is limited by my perceiving it. And under quantum theory, even matter itself and its state is affected by my perceptions. In this case, even objective facts are viewed through my subjective lens and are therefore open to doubt. This manga literally retraces this through the qualia discussions, about how perception is seen to guide reality.
12:50 PM - CCSA: in this case perception literally retraces reality into its own form. Usually, our perceptions are not this sufficiently strong, but it's interesting to think about how the world would work if that were true.
12:50 PM - CCSA: This is actually a pretty pro click, in summation
12:52 PM - CCSA: oh, and also i missed my bus lol