Is there a known paradox anywhere in literature that describes

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2016-02-13 11:27:21 Post No. 7692794
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Is there a known paradox anywhere in literature that describes an inability to make up your mind about anything? Something similar to "What the Tortoise Said to Achilles" but not quite so much about laying down rules. I'm looking for a paradox about the human mind, specifically.

The mind is always strengthening some neural pathways while others are weakening from neglect. A good number of books related to psychology and neuroscience (and self-help shit) enjoy pointing out the malleability of the human brain.

Although this understanding of malleability is rather modern, I'm sure there must be a philosopher or artist who describes a specific paradox where you can't really be absolutely sure about anything, simply because your mind is always changing slightly. The organization of information will never be the same. Even when you reinforce one idea, you do it at the cost of others and the general overview still changes.

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Anonymous 2016-02-13 14:19:26 Post No.7693018
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Anonymous 2016-02-13 14:19:26 Post No.7693018 [Report]

>>7692794
off the top of my head note from the underground, crime and punishment

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Anonymous 2016-02-13 14:35:09 Post No.7693056
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Anonymous 2016-02-13 14:35:09 Post No.7693056 [Report]

>>7692794
What's the pic?

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Anonymous 2016-02-13 14:47:33 Post No.7693094
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Anonymous 2016-02-13 14:47:33 Post No.7693094 [Report]

>>7693056
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belshazzar's_Feast_%28Martin_painting%29

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Anonymous 2016-02-13 14:48:36 Post No.7693098
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Anonymous 2016-02-13 14:48:36 Post No.7693098 [Report]

>>7693056
I'm afraid I don't remember.

>>7693018
Thanks, I'll look into it.

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Anonymous 2016-02-13 15:05:25 Post No.7693129
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Anonymous 2016-02-13 15:05:25 Post No.7693129 [Report]

>>7692794
>inability to make up your mind about anything?

For indecisive egotism you want to at least know about Pessoa

>Being a retired major looks like an ideal thing to me. What a pity you couldn't eternally have been just a retired major.

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fernando_Pessoa

Maybe also check out some of the personality philosophers like Kierkegaard (who took years to buy an antique writing desk he absolutely loved) and Jung or more recently Derick Parfitt who has movies that like transcendence and memento that borrow heavily from his thought experiments.

Nietzsche also covers psychology a bit...

>I listened for the echo and I heard only praise

>"I did that" said my memory
>"I could not have done that" said my pride and remains inexorable.
>Eventually, the memory yields.

Hume also has the is-ought paradox, Just because anything is a certain way, doesn't mean it will continue to do so, even factoring for probability, that desire is simply our human expectation talking.

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Anonymous 2016-02-13 15:25:19 Post No.7693197
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Anonymous 2016-02-13 15:25:19 Post No.7693197 [Report]

This paradox is called a fun dougie, OP