RE: Philosophy of Technology: scale and meaning; sameness and difference part 1

From: Chris Lofting (ddiamond@ozemail.com.au)
Date: Thu Jul 13 2000 - 20:48:28 BST

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From: "Chris Lofting" <ddiamond@ozemail.com.au>
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Subject: RE: Philosophy of Technology: scale and meaning; sameness and difference part 1
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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
    > Of Vincent Campbell
    > Sent: Thursday, 13 July 2000 10:06
    > To: 'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'
    > Subject: RE: Philosophy of Technology: scale and meaning; sameness and
    > difference part 1
    >
    >
    > Level (d)= autism?
    >

    ummm...ok, yes I can 'see' that being a possible expression. This state is
    very sameness but within the individual. If you look at the set of
    behaviours for sameness there is psychosis, 'genius', child-mind,
    fundamentalist etc and these can be applied all the way 'down' where
    families/cultures express some of these behaviours. It is the context that
    favours the 'selection' of one of these behaviours to dominate but all are
    available within the whole of 'sameness'.

    From the context of psychosis, behaviourally you find a 'need' for sameness,
    and avoidance of change. The child-mindedness means an openness to 'magic',
    the miraculous, thus there is an attraction to 'god', 'matter transporters',
    and other magical forms that can rescue you in a tight spot. The concerns
    are in relationships, the 'many'.

    I will expand on sameness in a reply to laurie's 'nightmare jabber' email.

    best,

    Chris.
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    Chris Lofting
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