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In terms of tropes, ′pataphysics might be the greatest one of all, with all tropes being examples of it as the rules of [[Theory of Narrative Causality|narrative causalities]] called stories. The [[Troper|troper]] is the pataphysician of these pataphorical worlds. Our [[Anthropomorphic Personification|metaphors run amok]] become pataphors, and our pataphors subject to our tropes. In these worlds the [[Genre Savvy]] are the physicists, and everything around them is the result of some person asking "what would it be like if [[All Theories Are True]]?" Or maybe it's just [[Artistic License Physics]] for worlds based on [[Rule of Cool]], [[Just for Fun]]. |
In terms of tropes, ′pataphysics might be the greatest one of all, with all tropes being examples of it as the rules of [[Theory of Narrative Causality|narrative causalities]] called stories. The [[Troper|troper]] is the pataphysician of these pataphorical worlds. Our [[Anthropomorphic Personification|metaphors run amok]] become pataphors, and our pataphors subject to our tropes. In these worlds the [[Genre Savvy]] are the physicists, and everything around them is the result of some person asking "what would it be like if [[All Theories Are True]]?" Or maybe it's just [[Artistic License Physics]] for worlds based on [[Rule of Cool]], [[Just for Fun]]. |
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'''Concepts''' |
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Because 'pataphysics deals with the science of the particular instead of the general, it has some unique concepts. |
Because 'pataphysics deals with the science of the particular instead of the general, it has some unique concepts. |
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* Clinamen, “the smallest possible aberration that can make the greatest possible difference.”<ref>Bök 2002, p.43-45.</ref> |
* Clinamen, “the smallest possible aberration that can make the greatest possible difference.”<ref>Bök 2002, p.43-45.</ref> |
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