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- [From Rick Marken (930125.1030)]
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- Martin Taylor (930125 12:15) --
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- I said:
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- >From a conventional (S-R) point of view, law 2 is
- >just flat out magic or mysticism. As I said, it is just
- >something that you have to accept (like mass attract-
- >ion) even though it seems to completely contradict
- >everyday experience.
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- Martin replies --
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- >It would be mystical, if there were no way for perception to be
- >controlled (if changes in perception were not reflected as error
- >that affected output that affected perception). It's the dynamics
- >that removes the mystical quality.
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- Thanks. That's absolutely right.
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- Control is marvelous -- but mystical no more.
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- Best
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- Rick
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