Well it can be understood (at least) two ways:HexHammer wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2016 4:53 amOne has to be unusual stupid in order to take this vid seriously! What he says is pure nonsense and babble, and the really big bomb comes when he says we can't exist with out the universe, and the universe can't exist without us.between the lines wrote:Here is my summary of the Alan Watts contextual seminar of Do You Do It Or Does It Do You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbcanJOd3sU
All we need is the sun, and the universe doesn't need us ..FFS!!!!
- the one you wrote, that the universe literally couldn't exist without us
- that we are integral parts of the universe, so humans can't be treated separately from the environment, the two are inseparable; and also, there is no real dichotomy of voluntary and involuntary actions
Looks like the summary video rather meant the first one, which is indeed nonsense. The second one is correct, I'm not sure that Watts himself always meant the second one though, he was somewhat ambiguous on this one. Overall he was probably the best major philosopher/interpreter of the last century on this side of the globe though, that's how off you are.