A medium is meta if it references itself (see, e.g., meta.) This is often done by trampling over what appeared to be a closed system's barrier - e.g. a book referencing its author, a play referencing its audience (see, e.g., breaking the fourth wall.)
The feeling behind 'meta' is that of pulling back the camera. We start with a family having dinner, then pull back to reveal the camera crew, then pull back to the writers room for describing the crew's motion, then pull way back to the scientists marionetting the miniature writers, then pull back to reveal all this on a TV screen in the background of the kitchen where the family is having dinner.
The feeling behind 'meta' is that of pulling back the camera. We start with a family having dinner, then pull back to reveal the camera crew, then pull back to the writers room for describing the crew's motion, then pull way back to the scientists marionetting the miniature writers, then pull back to reveal all this on a TV screen in the background of the kitchen where the family is having dinner.
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The name of the company Neo worked for in the movie "The Matrix".
The roots of this word are meta-, which according to Webster's means "going beyond or higher, transcending," and -cortex, which is "the outer layer (boundary) of gray matter surrounding the brain." Thus, Metacortex is "transcending the boundaries of the brain," which is precisely what Neo proceeds to do.
The roots of this word are meta-, which according to Webster's means "going beyond or higher, transcending," and -cortex, which is "the outer layer (boundary) of gray matter surrounding the brain." Thus, Metacortex is "transcending the boundaries of the brain," which is precisely what Neo proceeds to do.
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Metaphysical
met·a·phys·i·cal
adj.
1. Of or relating to metaphysics.
2. Based on speculative or abstract reasoning.
3. Highly abstract or theoretical; abstruse.
4.
1. Immaterial; incorporeal.
2. Supernatural.
Dragon is a fire breathing flying lizard.
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met·a·phys·i·cal
adj.
1. Of or relating to metaphysics.
2. Based on speculative or abstract reasoning.
3. Highly abstract or theoretical; abstruse.
4.
1. Immaterial; incorporeal.
2. Supernatural.
Dragon is a fire breathing flying lizard.
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The assertion that the material has no reality aside from its aesthetic (appearance (phenomenona)); and is therefore real only in self-reference (meta-"real").
Argues that the linear past is real only in self-reference (aesthetic); that the past is not MATERIALLY real; and that self-reference is indicative of a cyclical future rather than a linear past.
Stipulates self-reference as a paradigm in which time and aesthetic are one.
Indicates that the conscious self appears from the self-reference between the material and the chronistic.
The assertion that the material has no reality aside from its aesthetic (appearance (phenomenona)); and is therefore real only in self-reference (meta-"real").
Argues that the linear past is real only in self-reference (aesthetic); that the past is not MATERIALLY real; and that self-reference is indicative of a cyclical future rather than a linear past.
Stipulates self-reference as a paradigm in which time and aesthetic are one.
Indicates that the conscious self appears from the self-reference between the material and the chronistic.
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