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EchoSpectivism: Seeing Beyond Dichotomies and Absolutes

Joseph Allen Paine
9 min readNov 21, 2023

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“There are no absolutes.” That’s the kind of statement that can stop you dead in your tracks. It’s the sort of philosophical paradox that can tie your brain in knots. You say there are no absolutes, yet isn’t that statement an absolute in itself? Welcome to the mind-bending world of EchoSpectivism, a philosophy where contradictions aren’t just accepted; they’re the starting point.

EchoSpective Lens: Seeing Beyond Dichotomies and Absolutes

So, what the hell is EchoSpectivism? It’s not just another -ism to add to your intellectual arsenal. It’s a way of looking at the world that acknowledges life’s inherent absurdity and the fallibility of human knowledge. EchoSpectivism laughs in the face of dogmatism and dances on the grave of certainty. It’s Paine’s philosophy with a name, his EchoSpective lens to the world.

In this philosophy, the world is not black and white, but a kaleidoscope of grays. We often find ourselves trapped in dichotomies: good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, us vs. them. But EchoSpectivism challenges these simplistic binaries. It’s about seeing beyond dualities, beyond the bullshit, recognizing that life is too complex for such neat categorization.

Unlike traditional dualism that sees the world in black and white, EchoSpectivism unveils a spectrum of colors, revealing beauty in the shades in between. However, it also diverges from non-dualism…

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Joseph Allen Paine
Joseph Allen Paine

Written by Joseph Allen Paine

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