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We are lured by the sounds of the numbers stations—by the sounds of infinity— away from what men actually saw and touched and out into a voyeuristic thrill. But as we listen in on the numbers as they speak to each other, we ourselves begin to be changed into a hideous likeness to them. Because that, of course, is the great danger of any ‘listening in’. It never takes place neutrally or passively. It is because of this that the Word of God can save men. And it is also because of this that the numbers station of the totality of atomic facts can destroy them. Because listening is never about the content of what is being transmitted; it is about the tuning in. In this chapter, we learn the sense in which the Tractatus was a spiritual autobiography.
Title: Numbers Station
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We are lured by the sounds of the numbers stations—by the sounds of infinity— away from what men actually saw and touched and out into a voyeuristic thrill.
But as we listen in on the numbers as they speak to each other, we ourselves begin to be changed into a hideous likeness to them.
Because that, of course, is the great danger of any ‘listening in’.
It never takes place neutrally or passively.
It is because of this that the Word of God can save men.
And it is also because of this that the numbers station of the totality of atomic facts can destroy them.
Because listening is never about the content of what is being transmitted; it is about the tuning in.
In this chapter, we learn the sense in which the Tractatus was a spiritual autobiography.
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