Thinking impossibly is not possible for everyone—and not for superficial or accidental reasons but for neurodiverse or spiritual reasons. Thinking impossibly is not a widely available skill that anyone can learn, like, say, riding a bike or constructing a syllogism. Nor is it, frankly, egalitarian. Impossible thought is a rather obvious form of intellectual esotericism or academic Gnosticism. As such, it is a way of thinking that requires either the personal experience of actual gnosis (of the fundamental unity of the human and the cosmos) or a deep hermeneutical sympathy for the gnostic
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