Oh, and ... I think you guys are quibbling. There is way to say two objects are different, without first asserting that they are in some respect the same.
Time to send a deligation to take a way my keyboard? Nick On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 12:14 PM steve smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > Dave - > > I do have lots of stories about self-awareness in a variety of contexts. > All of them lead to the conclusion that, "I" am NOT *"one of those that > others are." (obviously there is some marginal overlap)* > > Of course this is based entirely on what 'others' are willing/able to > publicly reveal about them*S*elves. > > > I was once much more of your experience "I" am NOT *"one of those that > others are." *. > > The more I observe others (ranging from mountains and rivers through > mosquito larvae, dragonflies, fish, Cyd and Hank and the myriad people I > encounter in my life who are significantly *different* from me > superficially), the more I recognize myself as a pointillist painting of > those myriad reflections. > > Your final statement about *S*elf revealment made me think of the classic > "I am who you think I think I am" (Ginsberg?) > > - Steve > > <vaguelyRelevantPostScript> > > Watching the sea of red hats at the Trump Rally (erh... RNC acceptance > ramble (erh... speech)) last night with all their bright shiny faces > upturned adoringly glancing around the room for self-reflection > confirmation/feedback. "LASE"ing as it were? For those here who might > hate on the Left as well, I think it is this what makes people hateful > toward "wokeness" or "PC" before it. At least it isn't the general > intention or tenor of the ideas they represent but rather the way the > mechanism seems to generate huge amplification of the Pump source. > > We are who you think we think we are? > > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > -- Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology Clark University
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