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weird (adj.)

c. 1400,

• "having power to control fate", from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd "fate, chance, fortune; destiny; the Fates," literally "that which comes,"

• from Proto-Germanic wurthiz (cognates: Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"),

• from PIE wert- "to turn, to wind," (cognates: German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"),

• from root wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus).

• For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," compare phrase turn into "become."

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[–] syncretik 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Either you have such a craving or you don't. Unless you have a very deep meta-craving where you crave to manipulate your cravings, you cannot create new cravings arbitrarily. (I don't mean you personally, I mean anyone)

Isn't this just some version of othering: the othering of one's cravings or desires? In subjective idealism, it is optional whether or not to play as though one has no control over one's cravings.

If I create something new, then there arises the possibility of craving that thing -- something I "couldn't do" beforehand. Similarly, if I destroy something (say, in the sense of removing it from my consciousness completely and choosing to ignore the possibility of its existence) then I "lose" the ability to crave it. It is clear that all of this (and much more) is possible.

Originally commented by u/VLSIHeaven on 2018-10-28 10:14:12 (e8kncxo)

[–] syncretik 1 points 1 year ago

It's possible, but something has to motivate you long and steady enough to go through, what in my opinion may be an arduous process. I might be wrong on this one, but I think that creating an entirely new sense (and not another version of, or a repackaging of, seeing/hearing/etc.) will be an arduous process, if for no other reason than a mental habit would need to be established for it. That's assuming you can conceive and imagine such a sense, if you want to create it consciously, or you may create it somewhat unconsciously by directing your intent toward it without fully knowing what this new sense might feel like. So when you succeed, you'd have to make it lasting, integrated, etc...

It's possible my currently limited mindset is just throwing up bogus difficulties, and the last thing I would want is to limit you with my own limitations. As I said before, if you can do it and you can describe what is happening with that new sense of yours, I'll be cheering you on from the sidelines here.

Originally commented by u/mindseal on 2018-10-31 10:17:50 (e8r98p3)