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From: bwk@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Barry W. Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Thought/Emotion/Feeling
Summary: I'm glad you're so excited about the possibility of discovery.
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Date: 10 Dec 88 16:16:51 GMT
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In article <569@epicb.UUCP> david@epicb.UUCP (David P. Cook) writes:
>Humans placed in an extreemly emotional situation TEND to react automatically
>(or WITHOUT THOUGHT).  It is only under EXTREEM learning (via thought) that
>barriers can be created to overcome the SEMANTIC REACTION which occurs 
>NATURALLY and at a very LOW LEVEL.  (For more on this, study NON-ARISTITILIAN
>logic).
>
>--- GREAT TOPIC --- LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT IT!

Gee, David, you seem so excited.  Before we wee-wee in our pants,
let's see if we can't tidy up our language communication channel.
Did you mean "Somatic Reaction" where you typed "SEMANTIC REACTION"?

By "barriers" do you mean inhibition and regulation of instinctive
wired-in behaviors.  By "EXTREEM learning" do you mean replacing
instinctive behaviors by acquired behaviors, thoughtfully chosen
to achieve practical goals?

By "NON-ARISTITILAN logic", do you mean the adoption of the Socratic
Method or Scientific Method of learning and knowledge acquisition?
(I'm sure Aristotle would approve, since his methods of reasoning
form part of the foundation for the creating other powerful forms
of reasoning.)

If this is what you had in mind, perhaps we could talk more about it.

--Barry Kort