{"id":26446,"date":"2013-08-31T16:20:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T16:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=26446"},"modified":"2013-08-31T16:20:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T16:20:52","slug":"of-serpent-bites-in-logic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=26446","title":{"rendered":"Of serpent-bites in logic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; continuing my series on the &#8220;serpent bites tail&#8221; reflexive form (<a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=10981\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=23093\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=25123\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=26133\">4<\/a>) in which analytic gems and other insights may often be easily discovered or succinctly expressed &#8212; read this post fast for fun, or reflectively (!!) for the ripples ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to lead off with this tweet, which seems very timely considering the news this last week or so about Syria&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>A lot of people who will not bleed for their beliefs argue for a war they will not pay the blood price for.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sam (@selil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/selil\/statuses\/372322574606143488\">August 27, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I thought this was another quite beautiful example of &#8220;serpent bites its own tail&#8221; phrasing &#8212; timely too &#8212; uttered by <strong>JM Berger<\/strong> in summarizing his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theloopcast.com\/2013\/08\/26\/episode-76-al-qaeda-and-jihadi-movements-post-2008\/\">Loopcast with <strong>Daveed Gartenstein-Ross<\/strong><\/a> on the current status of Al-Qaeda, highly recommended, BTW: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\">@intelwire<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLoopcast\">@TheLoopcast<\/a> w <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveedGR\">@DaveedGR<\/a>:&quot;an evolving understanding of a movement that is evolving while we&#39;re understanding it&quot; &lt; gt summary<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; hipbonegamer (@hipbonegamer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hipbonegamer\/statuses\/372111157437288448\">August 26, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And if you want to know about Hezbollah and its global reach, this one refers to the book you need&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Hezbollah book launch is overbooked, but not 2 worry: CSPAN covering the event live &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washinstitute\">@WashInstitute<\/a> streaming online <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/XrtxYASo13\">http:\/\/t.co\/XrtxYASo13<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Levitt (@Levitt_Matt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Levitt_Matt\/statuses\/373465981839888384\">August 30, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Okay, having given pride of place to those three, I&#8217;d like to catch those of you who are interested up on an entire series of self-referencing tweets I&#8217;ve run across since I last posted.  I&#8217;m really collecting these things because I&#8217;d like, one of these days, to do a thorough analysis of what they teach us about our modes of thought, and how we can apply that to pattern-recognition in our own readings, and creative insight in our writings and analytic output&#8230;  In the meantime, don&#8217;t feel obliged to read every last one, just dip in as you feel inclined &#8212; think of this as a reference section, okay? Take what you need and leave the rest.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Reminds me of Keynes&#39; &quot;prettiest girl contest&quot; description of the stock market. Not about market forces but perceptions of perceptions.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Peter J. Munson (@peterjmunson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterjmunson\/statuses\/370892838340689920\">August 23, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>One good way to demonstrate that you are committed to transparency is having a press conf where you do not allow your name to be quoted.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Miller (@Timodc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timodc\/statuses\/370268732393668609\">August 21, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Forge your own weapons to solve your own problems. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23coding&amp;src=hash\">#coding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brute Logic (@brutelogic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brutelogic\/statuses\/366137658616983552\">August 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>&quot;Klout score is actually a really good metric for evaluating a person&#39;s intelligence.&quot;&#8211;someone with a high Klout score<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gartenstein-Ross (@DaveedGR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveedGR\/statuses\/370577620804444160\">August 22, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one that uses the <strong>Escher<\/strong>&#8216;s hand draws hand format:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Romance for women in Silicon Valley &#39;the odds are good, but the goods are odd&#39;. Physics at Oxford &#8211; 8:1 M:F ratio.. way back when.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elizabeth Pearson (@lizzypearson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lizzypearson\/statuses\/373802537818021888\">August 31, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a pair that needs to stay together:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Your body will assemble 30 million new cells in the time it takes to read this tweet. Each has the complexity of a medium-sized city.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marcus Chown (@marcuschown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcuschown\/statuses\/370943588906971136\">August 23, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcuschown\">@marcuschown<\/a> Ignoring the cells in the people in the city, I assume? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Recursion&amp;src=hash\">#Recursion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Geoff Robbins (@_TheGeoff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_TheGeoff\/statuses\/370944326185922560\">August 23, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Continuing&#8230; I might as well give you a cluster from <strong>Teju Cole<\/strong>, since he&#8217;s a master&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Trying to raise awareness for the act of raising awareness. Please RT.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Teju Cole (@tejucole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tejucole\/statuses\/370954382701244416\">August 23, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Bezos, last week: &quot;I sure was surprised to hear the New York Times site crashed.&quot;&#10;&#10;NYT, today: &quot;Amazon is down? Odd.&quot;&#10;&#10;Let the games begin.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Teju Cole (@tejucole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tejucole\/statuses\/369535172556767232\">August 19, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>HIPSTER. One who has an irrational hatred of hipsters.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Teju Cole (@tejucole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tejucole\/statuses\/372219752791277568\">August 27, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>All words are made up words, sheeple.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Teju Cole (@tejucole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tejucole\/statuses\/372882774111174656\">August 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>If I had a dollar for every time I&#39;ve had a million dollar idea, I&#39;d have (does quick mental calculation) zero dollars.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Teju Cole (@tejucole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tejucole\/statuses\/373263083961348096\">August 30, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>I can never remember who to thank for the gift of forgetfulness.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Teju Cole (@tejucole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tejucole\/statuses\/371193292739710976\">August 24, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay, here&#8217;s another one with timely reference, this time to the whole NSA business:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doctorow\">@doctorow<\/a> how ironic that the verb &quot;to Mirandise&quot; may soon mean diametrically opposed things on two sides of the Pond.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JP Rangaswami (@jobsworth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jobsworth\/statuses\/369807566010081280\">August 20, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Really, this is just such a rich vein of humor and insight:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Fracking may be fracked &#8211; due to groundwater contamination. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/WL1s2q3azm\">http:\/\/t.co\/WL1s2q3azm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Lebkowsky (@jonl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonl\/statuses\/370958431047262209\">August 23, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Genius. The U.N. is now blocking its own chemical weapons investigation in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Syria&amp;src=hash\">#Syria<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/boTcB2QEvH\">http:\/\/t.co\/boTcB2QEvH<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoahShachtman\/statuses\/370968265901633537\">August 23, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>If you can publish an article in a national newspaper comparing your country to a police state, it probably isn&#39;t anywhere near one.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeremy Duns (@jeremyduns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeremyduns\/statuses\/371557261090783232\">August 25, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Economics is an eye that attempts to gaze upon itself. The autopseudopanopticon.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr.Phil of Economics (@DrPhilofEconomi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrPhilofEconomi\/statuses\/372088999801651200\">August 26, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>When Siri deemed my text a bit too lengthy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23seriouslySiri&amp;src=hash\">#seriouslySiri<\/a>? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/bAJrJltWys\">pic.twitter.com\/bAJrJltWys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karin Bergquist (@KarinBergquist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarinBergquist\/statuses\/372545325107400706\">August 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Guantanamo&amp;src=hash\">#Guantanamo<\/a>&#39;s trial of the century that may take a century to try &amp; other random <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23GTMO&amp;src=hash\">#GTMO<\/a> observations from this week: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/dT4TWoGVet\">http:\/\/t.co\/dT4TWoGVet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michelle Shephard (@shephardm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shephardm\/statuses\/371093496427319296\">August 24, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Let&#8217;s go to another wordsmith &#8212; they&#8217;re often good at this stuff:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself. Rita Mae Brown<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marcia Conner (@marciamarcia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marciamarcia\/statuses\/313984194734850048\">March 19, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Two from philosopher <strong>Allen Stairs<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>How to annoy philosophers: ask them what their philosophy is.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Allen Stairs (@AllenStairs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllenStairs\/statuses\/372074046210310144\">August 26, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>I *hate* hating. RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ObsoleteDogma\">@ObsoleteDogma<\/a>: Science confirms: Haters gonna hate <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/nAbq4Cxeuf\">http:\/\/t.co\/nAbq4Cxeuf<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahkliff\">@sarahkliff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Allen Stairs (@AllenStairs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllenStairs\/statuses\/372497793329676288\">August 27, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One from quasi-Einstein, via the very bright (non-quasi) <strong>Seb Paquet<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Einstein quote on Einstein quotes <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/EM1z8sgAwD\">http:\/\/t.co\/EM1z8sgAwD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seb Paquet (@sebpaquet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sebpaquet\/statuses\/371340879514333184\">August 24, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com\/736x\/34\/81\/4a\/34814ab18e52eeada88e65d01c067095.jpg\"><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll close with an example from the &#8220;all is nothing&#8221; category, this one from <a href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/author\/peter-j-munson\">Peter J Munson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>As we see, when everything is classified, nothing is classified.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Peter J. Munson (@peterjmunson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterjmunson\/statuses\/373620041545449473\">August 31, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; continuing my series on the &#8220;serpent bites tail&#8221; reflexive form (1, 2, 3, 4) in which analytic gems and other insights may often be easily discovered or succinctly expressed &#8212; read this post fast for fun, or reflectively (!!) for the ripples ] . 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