Disinterpretation

by Sérgio Santos

Can we deal with the fact that our current understanding of information is tottering? No and at the same time, and at bottom, we must live with this we have given up any serious interpretation because we want to deal with facts only. We are now happy enough narrating by connecting facts, i.e., producing narratives. All is relative and beliefs are but subjective opinion. Our lives are but narratives. Ordinarily, the term misinformation has been relatively well understood for many years. The terms disinformation and malinformation are relatively new comers, but these are arguably intuitive enough that one can understand their meaning with a simple explanation. If misinformation is "false or inaccurate information that is communicated regardless of an intention to deceive”, disinformation is a way of misinforming that is "deliberately deceptive or maliciously intended". Malinformation is information, but malicious. With such simple definitions it seems that the problem of information has been solved. Our will to deal with facts only is rooted in the fact that interpretation is seen as the “producing of narratives” and therefore as nihilism. Accordingly, the history of Western philosophy culminates with the claim that information is just facts. My intention here is to discuss this pretentiousness. Maybe the pretentiousness behind these definitions is first enabling the so-called misinforming by disinterpreting the concept of information.

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Published February 25, 2021

About the author

Mestre Sérgio Santos formou-se como Instrutor de Yôga em 1984 através da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais e União Nacional de Yôga, sob a supervisão do Mestre DeRose. Realizou mais de oitocentos cursos de aprimoramento em sua respectiva área por todo o Brasil, Índia e em vários outros países. Obteve o título de Mestre em 1996 pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Adquiriu Notório Saber em 2003 pela Universidade Federal do Pará. Atuou como Presidente da Federação de Yôga do Estado de Minas Gerais entre 1989 e 2011. Já escreveu e publicou três obras: Yôga, Sámkhya e Tantra; Escala Evolutiva; e, A Força da Gratidão, Pújá. Atualmente, dirije a Associação dos Profissionais de Yôga da Savassi, ministrando cursos de aperfeiçoamento e workshops sobre qualidade de vida, bem como aulas regulares em grupo e personal training.