Intelligence Rating: C
That Is A Complex Question
The meaning of age depends on
temporal type. Temporal type has two values: pro-temporal and
atemporal. All objects belong to at least one temporal type;
complexity ocurrs when objects may be placed in both categories (SHARVY
has shown that objects that seem to be of neither type may be made to
belong to both types by inverting the manner in which the types are
defined (but not the types themselves). For example, an object which belongs
to neither type when the types are defined in terms of their properties
will belong to both types when the types are defined in terms of what
they are not. Note that only the method of definition changes, not the
definitions themselves.) Let us consider some examples of
temporal type:
Atemporal Type Objects
Note that photons and dead people are "everywhere they will ever be all
at once," whereas you and I are everywhere we will ever be one step at a
time. So you and I apparently are not atemporal.
Pro-temporal Type Objects
- Anonymous Grains of Sand
- Fritos
Note that temporal type objects are all of a type, which is to say the
individual members lack identity; this is apparently not true of you and
me.
Discussion
Let's now turn to our discussion of Sharvy.
Note that Sharvy seems to possess many essential
properties of dead people, such as that he has a soul but not a job, and
of photons, such as that he is brilliant and lights your way in the dark.
In this respect, Sharvy would appear to be atemporal.
Now note that Sharvy shares characteristics with grains of sand, such as
a constitutional inability to be dishonest or selfish, a lack of ego, and
a fondness for orifices; likewise he resembles Fritos in that he is
corny but in a good way.
Conclusion
Sharvy is both pro-temporal and atemporal, and the greater the precision
with which the question of his age is examined, the greater the imprecision of
our understanding of his atemporal aspects--his soul, brilliance, etc.
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