Alan Watts Explains Prickles, Goo and Their Combination

Jamie Anderson · Commentary · 3 min · 2012 · YouTube title: Alan Watts - On Prickles and Goo

Why it's here

HN uses it as shorthand for the divide between systematizing and humanistic outlooks, applied to arguments about science, society and language.

What it covers

A short animated excerpt of Alan Watts describing 'prickles' (rigorous, scientific types) and 'goo' (soft, spiritual types). He argues the real division is between prickly goo and gooey prickles.