Are you a A practitioner of 'pataphysics: a 'pataphysician or a 'pataphysicist?

[Ruud Janssen]

There must be a way to know wether one is or not. Have a look at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Pataphysics

[Ruud Janssen]

[Ruud Janssen]

'Pataphysics

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Jarry in Alfortville

'Pataphysics (French: 'pataphysique) is an absurdist, pseudo-scientific literary trope invented by French writer Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), that enigmatically resists being pinned down by a simple definition.^[1] One attempt at a definition might be to say that ‘pataphysics is a branch of philosophy or science that examines imaginary phenomena that exist in a world beyond metaphysics; it is the science of imaginary solutions.^[2] It is a concept expressed by Jarry in a mock-scientific manner with undertones of spoofing and quackery, in his fictional book Exploits & Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician, in which Jarry riddles and toys with conventional concepts and interpretations of reality.^[3] Another attempt at a definition interprets ‘pataphysics as an idea that “the virtual or imaginary nature of things as glimpsed by the heightened vision of poetry or science or love can be seized and lived as real.”^[4] Jarry defines 'pataphysics in a number of statements and examples, including that it is "the science of imaginary solutions, which symbolically attributes the properties of objects, described by their virtuality, to their lineaments".^[5]

A practitioner of 'pataphysics is a pataphysician or a pataphysicist.

[Lisa M Perez]

I often wonder what the purpose of dreams are when they are seemingly absurd, are not a source of inspiration but otherworldly and garbage of the brain, residue of unspoken signals, remnants of the day'so assault to the senses. This could be a kind of paraphysic.

[Ruud Janssen]

[Ruud Janssen]