symmetry & stupidity & the relation of language to the world

so i ran into symmetry photos

over in the photo blog

not sure what it is

that causes their startling effect

and lets the same landscape

look so transformed

maybe our perception of it?

also, i looked for the original image

and couldn't find it anymore

apart from symmetry: stupidity.

this is one of the most interesting articles

i came across in a while

it's about the brainbreaking difficutly

to teach computers to think,

to get a grasp of human language

and from there, leads to the complexitiy

of human life

here's a quote:

"Computers can't figure out the complex, ornate
illogical rules of the translation from language to logic.
And this reveals the larger problem:

what ist the relation of language

to the world?"

and here's the link:

the stupidity of computers

this also made me think

of the current language/place issue:

Translation