What does it mean to say "I am the game"?

Asked Aug 26 '22 at 15:02

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Do people mean this as flow state? Where you lose sense of time and become immensely engaged with an activity? (e.g. playing an instrument).

To say "I am the game" when the person is a chess player, are they saying they know all the right moves to make? Are they saying they have dedicated 100% of their time to this one game and their lifestyle is 'optimized' for game performance?

edited Aug 26 '22 at 15:52

asked Aug 26 '22 at 15:02

nsc9

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In what context? Why Descartes? – Mauro ALLEGRANZA Aug 26 '22 at 15:06
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Tagged him cause I am thinking Neo from the Matrix movie and descarte is probably most related to that philosophy. I guess plato's allegory of the cave too. will tag both. – nsc9 Aug 26 '22 at 15:52
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Which people say this and when, specifically? They can mean that they are in control of the game, or a million other things. For generic meanings of colloquial expressions English SE is the place to ask. – Conifold Aug 26 '22 at 16:04
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Your Matrix metaphor could be linked to Baudrillard's famous simulation in the Simulacra, see a recent post in this site which also mentioned Plato's allegory of the cave... – Double Knot Aug 26 '22 at 20:01
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Does anyone say they are the game? – CriglCragl Aug 26 '22 at 20:15
Yup. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29?wprov=sfla1 – J D Aug 26 '22 at 20:37
It is from the very worthwhile book, The Art of Possibility. The chapter, Being the Board. Highly recommended! – Scott Rowe Aug 27 '22 at 01:50
Triple H @CriglCragl – nsc9 Aug 27 '22 at 02:51
it means you are not a pawn in the game. – Nov 03 '22 at 02:09
it means that you understand the game. – Nov 03 '22 at 02:10
and, it means you can win – Nov 03 '22 at 02:10

What does it mean to say "I am the game"?

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