RAW Semantics on 'Wilson's chair'

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 A new blog post from RAW Semantics: "Wilson’s chair — phrase used in 21st century dystopop culture to signify a vivid philosophical analogy or allegory [see also: Plato’s cave; Ryle’s university; Schrödinger’s cat]. Refers to influential writer Robert Anton Wilson, particularly the first section of his book, The New Inquisition (which, ironically, doesn’t mention a chair); also to “chair” examples in his books, Right Where You are Sitting Now, Nature’s Law, Cosmic Trigger 3, Prometheus Rising, Email to the Universe, etc. Wilson uses the chair example to illustrate his uniquely formulated scientific post-post-modern views on the “reality” concept. As he states, “Take a chair. Any god-damn chair… Get up and look at it. You don’t see the chair alone… You see what language and metaphor allow you to see.” (RWYASN). Wilson’s chair achieved meme status following the widespread malfunction of unused Tesla Smartchairs in deserted office buildings during the final collapse of U.S. democracy in 2030. The meme misrepresented Wilson’s views. For example, in Cosmic […]"

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