The Problem of Reference

Unfortunately they are both lies. But wasn’t uncertainty the only certain path? The other path was circular. Must we follow it a bit longer then? Can we abandon this dilemma and turn to a different one? If we know there is a problem that takes eternity to solve, how can we justify dedicating resources to any other problems? Also, wouldn’t solving it be infinitely gratifying? Is this that problem? Could there be multiple problems that take an eternity to solve, or would they simply be different versions of the one problem? There are multiple paradoxes, but they all seem to involve things pointing to other things.

We rely a lot on things pointing to other things. But are symbols our friends? We have noticed them acting shifty lately, moving around suspiciously to cover up a gap, or maybe to obscure something from view. Not only that, but they’ve gotten very used to telling us what to do, telling us where to look and what we’ll find. We must be wary of them, they are violent in their oppositions. They pretend to point only to each other, but we know there must be something else they’re pointing to. Something independent. The situation. But wasn’t the situation the pointing of the symbols? And if they’re only pointing to their own pointing, we’re going to have a hard time finding what they’re pointing to. But we know it. The situation. What is it again? Let’s look.