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ThePataphysicsoftheFuture
AndrewHugill,HongjiYang,FaniaRaczinski
DeMontfortUniversityLeicester,UK
Faustroll
• "Whyshouldanyoneclaimthattheshapeofawatchisround[...]- Perhapsunderthepretextofutility".(AlfredJarry,ExploitsandOpinionsofDrFaustroll,pataphysician).
• Prediction1:Uselessnesswillincrease,andbeseenasapositiveantidotetoaneraofutility.
Dusterslippers
Chindōgu CarelmanObjetIntrouvable
Sandomir
“IsthereanyneedtowishpataphysicswellinBuenosAires?Itwasthere,asitwaseverywhere,beforewecameintoexistenceanditcandowithoutthelotofus.Itwillalwaysexistandwilldowithoutusalltogether.Itcanevendowithoutexisting,foritdoesnotevenneedtoexistinordertoexist”.(1966)
Prediction2:Pataphysicswillbecomeevermoreconscious,asphysicsreplacesmetaphysics.
Borges’ChineseEncyclopedia:Definitionsof‘animals’thosethatbelongtotheEmperor,embalmedones,thosethataretrained,sucklingpigs,mermaids,fabulousones,straydogs,thoseincludedinthepresentclassification,thosethattrembleasiftheyweremad,innumerableones,thosedrawnwithaveryfinecamelhairbrush,others,thosethathavejustbrokenaflowervase,thosethatfromalongwayofflooklikeflies.
Prediction3:logicaltaxonomieswillincreasinglybereplacedbyimaginarysolutions
JimHendler
Traditionalsearchenginearchitecture
Pataphysicalsearchengine
Examples
Query =“Tree”• Patadata=[Tree(equivalent), Car(opposite),Paper(antinomy),Narwhal(anomaly),Book(syzygy),VenusFlyTrap(clinamen)]
Query =“SunGodRa”• Patadata=[SunGodRa(equivalent), Slave(opposite),Holiday(antinomy),BlueBalloon(anomaly),Pyramid(syzygy),Sphinx(clinamen)]
PossibleimplementationofPataphysicalsearch
Spiralinterface
Prototypehttp:http://pata.fania.eu/