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The religion has been likened to Zen based on similarities with absurdist interpretations of the Rinzai school, as well as Taoist philosophy. Discordianism is centered on the idea that both order and disorder are illusions imposed on the universe by the human nervous system, and that neither of these illusions of apparent order and disorder is any more accurate or objectively true than the other.
Discordianism - Wikipedia
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Short-shorts remind me of algebraic equations or geometry proofs or lab experiments or jigsaw puzzles or carom shots or very cruel jokes. They’re magic tricks, with meaning.
Reality Hunger
David Shields
Likewise, you see people with huge muscles (in black T-shirts) who can impress you in the artificial environment of the gym but are unable to lift a stone.
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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