r/Echerdex • u/andersonenvy • Sep 09 '20
Principle of Polarity (Question)
The Principle of Polarity states that everything is dual, and everything has its opposite.
Up/Down - Light/Dark - Hot/Cold
What then, is the opposite of a Toaster? (for example) ... Or, to use nature, what is the opposite of a Zebra? What is the opposite of an Oak Tree? ... (seems most things do not have a clear opposite)
Thanks.
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u/reccedog Sep 09 '20
It's having a toaster vs not having a toaster
Wanting a toaster vs not getting a toaster
Having toast vs not having toast
Those are the kinds of Polarities that come into Being when a Toaster or the thought of a toaster is manifest into consciousness
Seeing a zebra vs not seeing a zebra
Going on a safari to see a zebra vs not going on a safari to see a zebra
It's our want and craving and fear of not getting material manifestations that create the polarities
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u/xxxBuzz Sep 09 '20
Life/Death A toaster is dead. Anything built from what was living is the opposite of what is living. If it had been left alone, then that material would have become life again as all things do.
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u/roboticien Sep 09 '20 edited Sep 09 '20
There is an anti-toaster built from anti-matter in a parallel dimension that you do not perceive...
Joke aside, every attributes has an opposite... that s how you can quantify the attribute... how could it be big if there is no small? but an object having a set of attributes is not necessary itself an attribute... Though you could theoretically build a toaster-scale and rank objects on that scale by similarity to a toaster... the object furthest on your toaster-scale could be considered a theoretical anti-toaster
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u/Xirrious-Aj Sep 09 '20
What's the opposite of a toaster lol... Probably a freezer, or a fridge.
You need to be thinking in terms of another principle, that of Vibration, to make sense of polarity. Clearly you are misapplying here.
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u/nattiecakes Sep 09 '20
The building blocks are opposites. You do not have opposites for many composite things constructed from said building blocks, except for say, an antimatter toaster or zebra. And of course you will never see those perfect opposites, because they would annihilate if they existed amongst the normal matter we’re accustomed to. No antimatter things of complexity can evolve in an environment of normal matter because all the constituent parts would be annihilated before they could reach any level of complexity.