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The role analogy plays in perception and thought is central to McLuhan's criticism of most propositional, rationalist thought. He studied poetry, after all. Poetry doesn't rely on consistency—and that's well and good since Gödel exploded the attempt at formalizing logic. I completely agree about people distracting themselves from their own responsibilities by chasing down larger existential lines of thought. I'm guilty of navel-gazing myself.

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