(December 3, 2015 at 4:48 am)robvalue Wrote: You can "invent" (or perhaps a better word is discover) things totally by accident, without imagining them at all. Even if you imagine how something you want to invent should be, you're not actually making what you imagine. You make something as close as possible to it based on physical limitations and taking into account practical problems which need to be solved. So our concepts are not real, even if they represent real things, current or futuristic. They are just idealised versions of things which may or may not be real.
Stop imagining me naked! Concentrate for five minutes, for fuck's sake
Ah, but with out imagination the accidental invention or discovery will go unappreciated. If I stumble upon a piece of obsidian with a sharp edge and can't/don't imagine it's use for cutting it remains just another rock.
Not sue I'm qualified to argue this point but I believe some imaginations can be precisely be turned into reality. Let's say I'm Einstein ( I know, total fantasy, but stay with me) and I imagine specific relativity. I then work out the math that proves the imagination. Is this not precise?
In my head I can see your dingus. Please stop bending over.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
