People find it relatively easy to accept that a piece of paper currency is the reified form of a concept (money), but they balk when they are told that the same is true of body, brain, and universe. “Object” and “thing” and “physical” are strands of a mental web. See, also, Bang Baby Bang Baby (a metahuman created by the metagas created by Alva Industries) by DanMat6288 FebruGet the metahuman mug. No object is actually a physical thing, pure and simple. A metahuman is someone exposed to some mutagenic compound, such as in the form of a gas, that mutates them down to their DNA, either giving them a superpower or altering their appearance drastically. It’s saying, 'Hey, you were made bad, change that. Erasing our powers is erasing our identity. The web of connections that entangles everything in the spell/dream/ illusion with everything else comes down to the mind, because connections are mind-made. Keith Giffen Bill Mantlo Taking away a meta-human's powers isn't the same thing as taking away a gun from a criminal. ![]() What’s earthshaking is that virtual reality owes its existence entirely to reification. 1 Metacognition can take many forms, such as reflecting on one's ways of thinking and knowing when and how to use particular strategies for problem-solving. The term comes from the root word meta, meaning 'beyond', or 'on top of'. “Parenting” gets reified when you decide to have a baby you can hold in your arms. Metacognition is an awareness of one's thought processes and an understanding of the patterns behind them. The dictionary definition of reify is “to make something more concrete or real.” The mental image of money gets reified into a dollar bill, which you can fold up and stick in your wallet. I’m hesitant to use any kind of jargon, but we need to delve into how reification works. ![]() ![]() occurring or situated behind or after: metaphase. (of an academic discipline, esp philosophy) concerned with the concepts and results of the named discipline: metamathematics meta-ethics See also metatheory. But you cannot thaw out the “thingness” of the physical world unless you break down the process that created it. indicating change, alteration, or alternation: metabolism metamorphosis. This constitutes another outrageous conclusion to anyone who is out to reinforce and reaffirm the spell/dream/illusion. The technical term for what’s happening is reification-giving immaterial experiences “thingness.” So convincing is this transformation that rocks seem solid and heavy when, in fact, your mind reified them-you have created solidity and heaviness in your own awareness. “are constantly taking transient experiences, cramming them into prearranged slots, turning discontinuity into continuity, and making solid what is actually fluid. Meta definition, pertaining to or noting a story, conversation, character, etc.
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