Richard Dawkins: Favorite Book (fwd)

[William S. Lear]

On Tue, December 1, 1998 at 10:00:06 (-0500) Max Sawicky writes:
>> . . .  My favorite is Lacan's identification of the erect penis with the
>square root of minus one, . . .
>
>This is what I want someone to explain to me
>(the mathematical part).

Let:

   x = sqrt(-1)

Therefore:

   x * x = -1

Let:

   x = phallus

Therefore:

   phallus * phallus = -1

Or:

   phallus = -1/phallus

which means:

   A phallus is the (erect) inverted mirror image of itself.  Or, a
   phallus sees a world composed of only itself, distorted in the
   complex mirror of a selfish existence.


Bill