From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Mon Sep 01 2003 - 03:30:17 MDT
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Samantha Atkins wrote:
> [big snip] If we are unable to get beyond our
> emotional baggage sufficiently that part of IA will be seriously limited.
I think there are two aspects to this (a) emotional reactions; and (b)
experiences with a high emotional content. Basic survival mechanisms
would seem to place an emphasis on both -- you have to be able to respond
quickly (with emotion) under some circumstances; and you have to be able
to balance emotional experiences which may have conflicting indications
with respect to the promotion of survival. Dealing with (a) has to do
with how one manages debate -- (one can contrast the "style" of the
British parliment with the U.S. Senate for example). Dealing with (b)
has to wrestle with how one legitimately "balances" the significance
of various personal (self and other) experiences.
I think (a) we may be able to refine while (b) may be much more difficult
to deal with -- I think this goes to the heart of why Greg said that
it seemed pointless to engage in political debates -- they are rooted
in personal experiences and you cannot simply wave a magic wand and
make those "disappear".
Robert
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