1. Anti- scholarship

2. Against many of our habits of thought, our world is dominated by the extreme, the unknown, and the very improbable (improbable according to our current knowledge)—and all the while we spend our time engaged in small talk, focusing on the known, and the repeated and repeatable. Against many of our habits of thought, our world is dominated by the extreme, the unknown, and the very improbable (improbable according to our current knowledge)—and all the while we spend our time engaged in small talk, focusing on the known, and the repeated and repeatable.

6. This implies the need to use the extreme, the unorthodox, the strange, the bizarre, event as a starting point and not treat it as an exception to be pushed under the rug. This implies the need to use the extreme, the unorthodox, the strange, the bizarre, event as a starting point and not treat it as an exception to be pushed under the rug.

7. In spite of our progress and the growth of knowledge, or perhaps because of such progress and growth, the future will be increasingly less predictable, while both human nature and social ‘science’ seem to conspire to hide the idea from us. In spite of our progress and the growth of knowledge, or perhaps because of such progress and growth, the future will be increasingly less predictable, while both human nature and social ‘science’ seem to conspire to hide the idea from us.

8. Students and colleagues enter my humble office, and remark: ‘What a library you have! How many of these books have you read?’ Students and colleagues enter my humble office, and remark: ‘What a library you have! How many of these books have you read?’

9. We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order. Thus we have the largest library our financial means will allow, and thus also, the portion of the books in our library we’ve read is usually roughly inversely proportional to our financial means. We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order. Thus we have the largest library our financial means will allow, and thus also, the portion of the books in our library we’ve read is usually roughly inversely proportional to our financial means.

10. But: Assuming you’ve read all your books, the library should be an indicator of what you don’t know, more than of what you know. But: Assuming you’ve read all your books, the library should be an indicator of what you don’t know, more than of what you know.

11. But in this case, you’re an ‘anti- scholar’, since whatever your paltry knowing may be, you consider it neither your possession nor your treasure. You’re on the margin, a ‘fringer’, an ‘outlier’, rather than a conventional scholar. But in this case, you’re an ‘anti- scholar’, since whatever your paltry knowing may be, you consider it neither your possession nor your treasure. You’re on the margin, a ‘fringer’, an ‘outlier’, rather than a conventional scholar.

12. And where is this fringe at its best? Metaphorically speaking, at the ‘hole’ in the Klein-bottle, where the containing containing the contained allows the uncontained to pour in. That is where the action is at. And where is this fringe at its best? Metaphorically speaking, at the ‘hole’ in the Klein-bottle, where the containing containing the contained allows the uncontained to pour in. That is where the action is at.

15. 1.The illusion (presumption) of understanding (or how everyone thinks s/he knows). 1.The illusion (presumption) of understanding (or how everyone thinks s/he knows). This can be qualified as the PRESENT, included within Peirce’s category FIRSTNESS This can be qualified as the PRESENT, included within Peirce’s category FIRSTNESS

16. 2.The retrospective construction, or how we assess matters after the fact, as if they were a rearview mirror. 2.The retrospective construction, or how we assess matters after the fact, as if they were a rearview mirror. This can be qualified as the PAST, included within Peirce’s SECONDNESS. This can be qualified as the PAST, included within Peirce’s SECONDNESS.

17. 3.The overvaluation of factual information to guide properly unlearned learned people, especially when they construct general categories with which to organize the world. 3.The overvaluation of factual information to guide properly unlearned learned people, especially when they construct general categories with which to organize the world. This can be qualified as the FUTURE, included within THIRDNESS. This can be qualified as the FUTURE, included within THIRDNESS.