On Monday 07 May 2001 12:41 pm, you wrote:
> Paul, man, just go down to the store and get some milk... I mean, and
> no offense here, if you put up this kind of weird philosophical
> resistance to just getting some milk, I mean, your wife must be like, a
> saint or something...
>
> Paul M Foster wrote:
> > [....]
> >
> > Here's an example of a task a human considers simple: Your wife says,
> > "Honey, we need some milk for dinner." It's 3pm on a Sunday afternoon.
> >
> > On the surface, that statement requires no action at all. It's just a
> > statement of a supposed fact. Is it a fact? What if she were to cook
> > something else for dinner that didn't need milk? Are we actually out of
> > milk, or did she miss that extra half-gallon in the back of the
> > refrigerator? And so what if we do need milk? What does that mean to
> > you? Why did she make that statement? Does it mean she's about to leave
> > to go get some? Does it mean you have to go get some? If you have to go
> > get it, when does she need it by? Must you go right now? Is there
> > something else you are/want to/should be doing right now? Do you have
> > time to do that and get milk before dinner? How important is what you're
> > doing right now? And where do you get milk? And if you have to leave to
> > get it, how do you get there? What requirements are there for getting
> > milk? If you go somewhere, will they just give it to you? Do you need
> > money? How much? And what kind of milk is needed? Are there different
> > kinds? If it requires money, do you have it? Where? Must you go get
> > money as well? What happens if you don't go get the milk? What happens
> > if you tell her to go get the milk herself( >:-{ )? If you need to get
> > there and getting there requires that you drive an automobile, what's
> > needed to do that? Do you need keys? Where are they? Do you need gas?
> > What kind of gas? How much? Where do you get it? Do you have to pay for
> > it?
> >
> > We haven't even gotten out the door yet. And each one of these questions
> > requires a type of reasoning that's far more than three-dimensional.
> > Even the act of asking the questions requires deep reasoning, completely
> > aside from actually answering them. And the solution to each question
> > requires an understanding of _concepts_ and has its own weight. And
> > really, I've oversimplified the whole problem. And this is a very simple
> > human problem.
> >
> > [.....]
paul have u ever attended an awareness training program
of any kind. i was just wondering cause your few paragraphs
to me u surely sound like u have
:)
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