To: Alamo-Girl; Right Wing Professor; marron; hosepipe
...one cannot presume that conclusions drawn from an intentionally narrowed field of view reflect truths about the system, because they never ask nor answer what the system "is". This is a point that's easy to miss. Somehow.
This sort of thing reminds me of a bloodhound, nose to the trail, sniffing out his prey, following the spoor.... Everything else around the dog is screened out from the dog's consciousness. But that doesn't mean that only the prey and the spoor exist.
Thanks so much for your excellent essay/post, Alamo-Girl!
594 posted on
12/13/2005 10:34:54 AM PST by
betty boop
(Dominus illuminatio mea.)
To: betty boop
[ This sort of thing reminds me of a bloodhound, nose to the trail, sniffing out his prey, following the spoor.... Everything else around the dog is screened out from the dog's consciousness. But that doesn't mean that only the prey and the spoor exist. ]
Killer example.. just beautiful...
606 posted on
12/13/2005 10:46:48 AM PST by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
To: betty boop
But that doesn't mean that only the prey and the spoor exist. Nor does it mean that only the correct answer exists in mathematics. I understand your analogy is quite popular in modern classrooms. The idea that one could set a goal and a procedure for achieving it is so stifling.
609 posted on
12/13/2005 10:51:13 AM PST by
js1138
(Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
To: betty boop
This sort of thing reminds me of a bloodhound, nose to the trail, sniffing out his prey, following the spoor.... Everything else around the dog is screened out from the dog's consciousness. But that doesn't mean that only the prey and the spoor exist.
What an excellent metaphor! Thank you so much for post and for your encouragements!
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