Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id WAA10449 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 2 Feb 2002 22:30:18 GMT Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 17:24:44 -0500 Subject: Re: Abstractism Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <LAW2-F66nARRlTXs8l400019cc4@hotmail.com> Message-Id: <A85AE896-182B-11D6-A02C-003065B9A95A@harvard.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Saturday, February 2, 2002, at 11:42 , Grant Callaghan wrote:
> The Rorschach test conveys information to some of the people who see
> it, even though no information was transmitted.
> Transmitting an idea is a complicated process that goes far beyond
> keying words onto a surface for someone to read.
And there you have the cup and the lip.
Of course, there's a real problem in you saying that the Rorschach test
has no information to transmit. First off, it's man-made. That's a big
'duh'. (Okay, it's made by psychologists- you have a point. What real
information have any of them ever come up with, after all....) And
anything non-chaotic and procedural has information, and the Rorschach
tests are always symmetrical designs- far from informationlessness.
- Wade
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