This is a word game for seed lovers, conversation connoisseurs…
You’ll probably find this article vain, or useless. I offer it to word gold diggers only.
OK. Definitions :
- To refute is to (or trying to) prove something is false or incorrect.
- To recuse is an “act of intention” : it’s to affirm something is not true. It’s rejection, that’s all. It’s a “Nope”.
What I want to expose here is to remember that to refute is kind of serious. To recuse can be a game. You can recuse an idea, a statement… for fun. Or for the pleasure to examine the “other way”, the wrong one (why not) : just to see what can, could happen.
When I find a “smart quote”, I recuse it. I’m immediately searching for a way to say the contrary AND to show it’s true TOO.
A good conversationalist is a concept lover. Therefore, he or she is able to play that game. Pick an idea, recuse is. That’s all. Now you’re in front of an unknown territory.
“Without music, life would be a mistake“, says Nietzsche. OK. But wait : NO!
The tool is : Find a person you want to play with, pick an idea which seems… obvious, and… recuse it! Say no! “Nope! It’s the contrary!”. Then, have fun. Talk about sex, love, art, war, business, everything anything. Have fun, and send me a kiss.
Bonne journée ! Have a nice day!
Jean-Pascal
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