Comments on: (Re?)Introducing Meh and Lah http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/ Pondering the South African Memesphere - Looking for the Good in Everything Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:43:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Another Angle on “Fundamentalism” (and how to avoid it) http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-11107 Another Angle on “Fundamentalism” (and how to avoid it) Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:45:47 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-11107 [...] things, we’re talking about Meh. Arguably that is all we really have to go by: consider (Re?)Introducing Meh and Lah and discuss it there if you want some clarity on this [...] [...] things, we’re talking about Meh. Arguably that is all we really have to go by: consider (Re?)Introducing Meh and Lah and discuss it there if you want some clarity on this [...]

]]> By: Hugo http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-7579 Hugo Wed, 14 May 2008 23:49:54 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-7579 Check this out: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Armstrong#Religious_position" rel="nofollow">Karen Armstrong</a> on her understanding of Mythos and Logos. This must be the paragraph I read that largely inspired the hole Meh/Lah thing. Check this out: Karen Armstrong on her understanding of Mythos and Logos. This must be the paragraph I read that largely inspired the hole Meh/Lah thing.

]]> By: Contemporary Tribes http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-7296 Contemporary Tribes Tue, 06 May 2008 10:10:33 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-7296 [...] on the tribe’s culture, not something that is universally shared between all people. (In Meh/Lah terminology, These stories define the tribe’s “Meh”. And this Meh isn’t [...] [...] on the tribe’s culture, not something that is universally shared between all people. (In Meh/Lah terminology, These stories define the tribe’s “Meh”. And this Meh isn’t [...]

]]> By: Batten #4: Intelligent Design and ATP Synthase http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-6036 Batten #4: Intelligent Design and ATP Synthase Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:01:55 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-6036 [...] I would not argue with this statement if you call the evolutionary process intelligent. (If your measure of intelligence is the classical Turing test, you are defining intelligence by the result, by the consequences, and evolution could be described as “intelligent”. Of course, alternatively, evolution can be a counter argument for the Turing test, effectively another form of the Chinese room argument. But then our brains could also be Chinese rooms. Whatever. Our experience of “mind” exists in Meh, not in Lah.) [...] [...] I would not argue with this statement if you call the evolutionary process intelligent. (If your measure of intelligence is the classical Turing test, you are defining intelligence by the result, by the consequences, and evolution could be described as “intelligent”. Of course, alternatively, evolution can be a counter argument for the Turing test, effectively another form of the Chinese room argument. But then our brains could also be Chinese rooms. Whatever. Our experience of “mind” exists in Meh, not in Lah.) [...]

]]> By: Meh and Lah, Reloaded http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-5465 Meh and Lah, Reloaded Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:39:56 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-5465 [...] is a sequel to (Re?)Introducing Meh and Lah. Read that [...] [...] is a sequel to (Re?)Introducing Meh and Lah. Read that [...]

]]> By: Johan Swarts http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-5021 Johan Swarts Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:46:07 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-5021 Nice post (hoewel dit voorkom asof jy effe verveeld was aan die einde?) All considered, sal 'n lame persoon dalk 'n LEMAH wees? ('n lamer :p ) Nice post (hoewel dit voorkom asof jy effe verveeld was aan die einde?)

All considered, sal ‘n lame persoon dalk ‘n LEMAH wees? (‘n lamer :p )

]]> By: Hugo http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-4956 Hugo Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:05:37 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-4956 Haha... On a more serious note, recapping: <ul> <li>"The grass is green" is not "myth", per se.</li> <li>"Logos" is not "empirical reality". While it can be, it's a bunch of other things in most translations.</li> <li>Thus, mythos/logos is <em>not</em> what I'm talking about. Starting there would give people the wrong idea of, well, um, "meh" and "lah".</li> </ul> *sigh*. Haha…

On a more serious note, recapping:

  • “The grass is green” is not “myth”, per se.
  • “Logos” is not “empirical reality”. While it can be, it’s a bunch of other things in most translations.
  • Thus, mythos/logos is not what I’m talking about. Starting there would give people the wrong idea of, well, um, “meh” and “lah”.

*sigh*.

]]> By: Pieter http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-4955 Pieter Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:56:41 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-4955 You can always use Mythos/Logos during first contact and sound all grand, and hook into existing usage. Then as the conversation continues, you can start to contract into Myth/Logo. Nobody would notice if it then becomes Myh/Loh, what is a few letters between friends. And then Meh/Lah can soon lah follah and then meh thinks it meh lah complah meh lah meh meh lah meh meh lah. You can always use Mythos/Logos during first contact and sound all grand, and hook into existing usage. Then as the conversation continues, you can start to contract into Myth/Logo. Nobody would notice if it then becomes Myh/Loh, what is a few letters between friends. And then Meh/Lah can soon lah follah and then meh thinks it meh lah complah meh lah meh meh lah meh meh lah.

]]> By: M. Simon http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-4944 M. Simon Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:14:57 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-4944 When you have a good subjective experience you feel Mel Lah. You know - like that Donovan Song - "They Call Me Mel Lah Yell Lah. When you have a good subjective experience you feel Mel Lah.

You know – like that Donovan Song – “They Call Me Mel Lah Yell Lah.

]]> By: Hugo http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-4938 Hugo Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:00:36 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-4938 Heheh... hahaha... What madness. I do wonder how one would one share this kind of idea without sounding so weird and coining words that sound glossolalia-ish... *cringe* Page through a dictionary? Or books on philosophy maybe... It seems I am indeed still rather insecure when it comes to posting this kind of thing. Grrr... Heheh… hahaha…
What madness.

I do wonder how one would one share this kind of idea without sounding so weird and coining words that sound glossolalia-ish… *cringe* Page through a dictionary? Or books on philosophy maybe… It seems I am indeed still rather insecure when it comes to posting this kind of thing. Grrr…

]]> By: Pieter http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-4937 Pieter Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:45:39 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/02/12/reintroducing-meh-and-lah/#comment-4937 Meh lah meh lah meh lah lah lah lah meh? meh! LAH! meh Meh lah meh lah meh lah
lah lah lah
meh? meh!
LAH!
meh

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