FXQI administrator Brendan Foster taunts us with impossible resolution of the mind. The author labors under the illusion there will ever be a consensus to such a philosophical question. Why is that? Could it be the problem lies in the mind and not in some missing observation in the external reality? In this essay I abandon the realist credo of separate observer holding a (more or less) accurate reflection of the actual external reality. No doubt this has worked well to effect technology and we may like to extend this scope to the big ontological questions posed by the essay theme. However, consensus we have not, and the divide between fact and opinion bears witness to something more. Although fully half of me takes this question seriously, I pray the reader shares in my amusement. Let us begin with understanding the question. It seems to me the more fundamental the question is, the more difficult is unequivocal answer. Hmm. This inversion of fundamental simplicity and the knowable vexes my mind. As if fundamental questions were not difficult enough, Mr. Foster would have us evaluate the fundamental itself. This speaks of his diabolical nature. I must retort! Game on!
Victor Usack