Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id SAA25970 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:43:52 +0100 Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:41:25 +0100 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: memetics and knowledge Message-ID: <20000916184125.A1100@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20000915155620.AAA15103@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000915155620.AAA15103@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 11:55:00AM -0400 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 11:55:00AM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> 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.
Wouldn't it be simpler to say: we can learn through our senses, as well
as through symbolic communications?
> I direly hope you're not looking for skyhooks here dangling from your
> 'mystical knowledge' thingee.
Why don't you just address what I say, instead of worrying about what
I might say?
> >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....
Why don't you just say what you mean? Unless, of course, you prefer
mystification?
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