Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA22716 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:59:09 +0100 Subject: Re: memetics and knowledge Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 11:55:00 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas est veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20000915155620.AAA15103@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 09/15/00 05:49, Robin Faichney said this-
>Intellectual knowledge is not the only sort -- there is also experiential
>knowledge, that gained through experience, rather than verbally or via
>other media, from books, parents, teachers and friends.
This looks suspiciously like opening up Descartes' box. But, yes, somatic
'knowledge' is another path the senses use to offer experience to the
brain.
I direly hope you're not looking for skyhooks here dangling from your
'mystical knowledge' thingee.
>Could you teach someone else [to ride a bicycle]
>using only words, so that the first time they mounted one,
>they could display the same level of skill as yourself?
When I encounter the straw bicycle upon which to teach this straw man,
I'll let ya know....
- Wade
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