[FRIAM] Does Dusty Love Dave, and VV.

[Nicholas Thompson]

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 <sasmyth at 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?
>
>
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-- 
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology
Clark University
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