# My new Favorite Quad: The Equation of Mental Relativity and the essence of Self Awareness

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**Created:** [July 20, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/my-new-favorite-quad-the-equation-of-mental-relativity-and-the-essence-of-self-awareness/2539 "2019-07-20T09:08:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![samuelogeda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/samuelogeda/32/792_2.png) [@samuelogeda](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/samuelogeda)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/my-new-favorite-quad-the-equation-of-mental-relativity-and-the-essence-of-self-awareness/2539/1 "2019-07-20T09:08:25Z")

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I was reading this article by Melanie Anne Philips and I found this:

> **[Thoughts on Mental Relativity](https://www.storymind.com/mental_relativity/menrel.htm)**

> All the variables are labeled “E” to express the holistic, homogenous nature of our perceived universe as a whole. Yet, each stands for a different word: a different kind of variable.

> The initial E refers to Existence. The second E is Emptiness. The third E stands for Entropy. The fourth E is Extropy.

Quoted from the article.

I believe this quad can help us approximate a more holistic appreciation of the Dramatic Theory of Story in General.

I’ve been trying to approximate the story appreciations and these are some of the equivalents I’ve come up with, none of this is conclusive but I like the potential it holds:

Here: the **domain** is counterbalanced by the **issue** and the **Concern** is counterbalanced by the **problem**

Domain (_the existence equivalent would be_): **The Setting/Boundary**

Concern (_the entropy or movement towards down towards stability would be_) **Involvement**

Issue: (_the emptiness or vacuum of this would be_) **Harmony**

Problem: (_the extropy growing up towards complexity would be_) **complicator**

Instead of the current linear appreciations, in the future we could have:

Domain - Setting/Boundary

Concern: Involvement

Issue: Harmony

Problem: Complicator

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In the future we could also have something like:

Equity - inequity  
complicator - simplifier - an approximation of the relationship between extropy (moving up towards complexity and entropy - moving down towards stability.)  
problem - solution

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**Author:** ![pattyloof](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/pattyloof/32/1464_2.png) [@pattyloof](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/pattyloof)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/my-new-favorite-quad-the-equation-of-mental-relativity-and-the-essence-of-self-awareness/2539/2 "2019-07-25T22:54:46Z")

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This is sort of going over my head here. Do you mean giving new names to these, or are you proposing new quads entirely?

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**Author:** ![samuelogeda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/samuelogeda/32/792_2.png) [@samuelogeda](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/samuelogeda)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/my-new-favorite-quad-the-equation-of-mental-relativity-and-the-essence-of-self-awareness/2539/3 "2019-07-27T06:33:33Z")

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Both ways can potentially work