there is a point in time where you realise that things cannot go on like this any longer; they have bottomed out and then things will either plateau, or get better, if only marginally.
the problem with that is, like the laffer curve, you don't actually Know if you've reached that point yet, and there is little to no way of finding out until it's over. and then, what's the use of knowing, right? inductively generating conclusions about bottom-out features for use in future predictions? nah. that's constant conjunction, and it nearly never happens the same way twice in someone's lifetime anyway. there are too many variables and multiple realities. plus like all qualitative inquiry, we can only be truly reflexive with the benefit of hindsight. so how can we say we ever know? we know in retrospect that we might know something, but can only truly know if we knew in retrospect with hindsight.
this, my friends, is infinite regress.
hi nat :) keep going&don't give up!!! you are far more capable than you make yourself out to be. believe in yourself :)
Posted by: vinna | Saturday, 25 July 2009 at 11:39 AM