a DEEP meaning

The other day in AP lit we watched an oddly themed video That showed us some crazy facts, and asked us what does it all MEAN.The English dictionary classifies this usage of the word mean as," to intend to express or indicate." From what I can make from it this video is directed at us Americans. It is informing us on the current state of the world, and comparing it with other data throughout history. Flatly pointing out how steep of an exponential growth the world is taking in the direction of a technological revolution. Germinating the political spectrum science is able to create right before our eyes. The fact that most of the data was mind blowing, forms an eerie feeling in my quarters. All the things in the video are being used every minute, and we are to oblivious to stop for a second and reflect on these observations unless a well made video puts it out in front of us. Now back too the meaning. Who am I to say what the meaning of all this factual information is. Why add to this language game. It means nothing to a homeless dude on the street. Walk up to some less fortunate individual and be like," hey, did you know- If your 1 in a million in China... there are 1300 people just like you." He'll probably curse you out or ask you for help, and not really be caring about what it means. Tie this in with the conversation that took place in ch.26 of CATS CRADLE and you will once again see how all this "true info" has no meaning to someone who doesn't care or already knows. There is no real need to ponder what it means ,but the possibilities just fascinate the mind and cause people to find a true meaning/narrative/untruth/. It's nice to know that people have their own answers to trick questions. I don't so I just say it is what it is; nothing to be taken from it or given. It's just there because it is. That happened because it happened, and this is like that because that's how it is. No why,how,and if about it, just know that it happened and generalize. Instead of everything happens for a reason, how bout everything just happens.

C.C.

Time to ramble. The book Cat's cradle by Kurt Vonagate jr. shows a postmodern sense in a variety of different ways. The way that sticks out the most and just keeps on slapping you in the face is that science is just a untruth that has no significance to those who don't care about it. I havn't been able to get my hands on the book yet so it is quite a challenge to quote the text in my blog. How ever today I did venture to the library by clark and issued a district transfer for the book. So, when I acquire the book I will revise my blog. Anyways, From what I heard in class the people in the book do not care to much for why they believe things, they just do. Much like some things in our postmodern(It might be psudo-modern now) World. Postmodernism illustrates the idea of Narratives being the explanation to all. These narratives known as harmless untruths in cats cradle are called untruths for a reason. They are not proven by anything. But the very thing that proves them( science) is possibly a untruth in someones life. So their basically is no truth in this subjective world of Discourses that are discourses because they fit a certain Narrative. Like I said in one of my past blog post,"Grand Narratives have the immaculate ability to invest such strong faith in its believers that even a scientific proof that proves it to be completely false with evidence is not enough to adhere whimsicality to its followers." Much like in the book when sensible explanations cross the minds of characters they do not care. If it does not agree or apply to the narrative their Discourse is concerned with they don't care. They see science as meaningless poop.