This → Underlies → This (Until its Neithers right or wrong)

[kavaris]

The following blends between like~being a philosphical thing v. an intellect thing, but i think it works here in this case —

You can do this thing like, if you take Physics for instance, yous can draw a line of that which underlies to get at the heart of something. Like if we start w/ Physics, its really just defined by Math, So Mathematics Underlies Physics, in that its a more fundamental thing that describes Physics. But Language itself Underlies Math. So you then put Language in the front, and look at what language is (this is going somewhere diff i promise).

What is language? Language is a Map. And Maps are a way of saying like, "This point lives here, and this point lives here". Its about making connections. So now, what underlies a Map? Well you could say, "direction". You need to be moving in a *direction in order to make heads or tales of where you are, and/or where that point (call it a totem) is...

To take what's called a \*bearing, we measure the azimuth from our pos., to the totem using a compass (pretend we jus found a compass somewhere for a moment). And lets say that we sight the totem and read 145° on the compass dial. This means the totem is at azimuth 145° from our position.

This is to be a horizontal angle clockwise from the truest north. True north is the direction to the geographic North Pole (or Earth's rotational axis). Magnetic north is the direction to Earth's magnetic pole (where a compass needle points) And these are not in the same place, so there's an angular difference between them called "declination". It varies depending on where you are on Earth.

You can establish where true north is however relative to magnetic north (via declination), then all subsequent azimuth readings are automatically referenced to true north (essentially calibrating the compass to "speak in true north" rather than constantly converting to it each time)

If we didn't have a compass, we could still derive approximate azimuths by first establishing cardinal direction using the sun's or moon's position, then estimating the angle to the totem relative to north.

To triangulate your own position, its similar to *finding a bearing, w/ some caveats, though we have gone a bit off topic seeing as it wasnt thing main idea.

Lol, i think the point was, we were sayin whats lower level than direction, though finding directions and working around them practically gets pretty convoluted real quick, so im not sure there is anything lower, practically speaking of course... Standing still? Maybe?... Its a philosophical ques., or like, a \*decision typeve question at that point, like, do you want to stand still or continue forward, left or right, red or blue sortve questions. Neither right or wrong.

Edited Tuesday at 12:06 AM by kavaris