Re: virus: Language
Kristee (kjseelna@students.wisc.edu)
Sat, 28 Mar 1998 13:37:23 -0600
nobody wrote:
>I have often found with very... bookish 'intellectuals' that they get
>caught up in the words I am saying, rather than my meaning. Its like
>they've lost their intuition. Lost their ability to understand beyond
>the possibilities of the
>particulars. Caught up in the nuances of an imprecise methodology of
>communication. At times I find it amusing that people often consider
>this ability intelligent.
>
>(aside: I find a lot of intellectuals don't like the term intuition. Its
>too mystical. I think its a wonderful term though, if you consider it
>'non-conscious processing'. It *is* a fact we, as perceptual creatures,
>process a lot more sense-data than we are consciously aware of. If you
>want examples, I can give them on request. Perhaps a great number of
>'intellects' get caught up in conscious processing, and specifically in
>regards to your message.. caught up in conscious verbal processing.)
Brett Robertson wrote:
> SO, I do think that all experience can be expressed by a few simple words.
>
>Therefore, I also think that the term inutition is not well suited to
>describe a non-conscious process... any more than any more than the term
>"partical physics" describes the physical characteristics of a chair
>(I've never heard of a partical for "brown" or "high backed" or "soft";
>and I've never "intuited" how a chair functions).
>
>While I like the story about the mind which thought but could not use
>words in a linear manner; stil, I think this must be a represion of the
>language function rather than a developmental truth.
To 'Nobody'~
Hey my friend, is this what you were talking about??? (I think it
is, and I concur.)
~kjs