William: Any evidence I have of the humanization of Nazi brass by art is
second or third hand and anecdotal. I accept your contention that we do not
know scientifically that art failed to humanize Nazi leaders.
Analogies can be helpful in formulating hypotheses or in discussing
implications of observations but prove nothing and may be misleading.
Geoff C
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Conger" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: Geoff, Neurology and "Art"
I have to say I think your reasoning is egregiously faulty. We do not know
whether or not art humanized Nazi leaders. What would be the "control
group"? We do not know whether or not your presumed notion of being
humanized contradicted what the Nazis regarded as humanized. You like to
make simplistic analogies (like the car to Hoboken, or the Linus Pauling
quip) to clarify difficult concepts but all they all fall far short of
mirroring the abstract concepts. In fact, isn't that one of the reasons
why analogies are avoided in scientific explications?
WC
--- On Sat, 12/20/08, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Geoff <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Geoff, Neurology and "Art"
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:20 PM
Boris: I would tend to agree that art is good for our cells.
I understand
that art however did not humanize the Nazi brass. I also
assume that the art
to which you might refer might be rather different for
different persons.
And that someone else's choice of art choice of art
might be noxious for my
cells. And then, is it all my cells and if not, which ones
wouldn't benefit?
Geoff C
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: Geoff, Neurology and "Art"
> If you admit you understand an elegance of mechanism
of the evolutionary
> process, than it is obvious that art is one of the
physiological and
> psychological tools for adaptation of humans.
> Art is good for our cells. Sorry, but I said it before
and I say it again.
> Boris Shoshensky
>
> -- "Geoff" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I guess someone would have to change my beliefs.
> Geoff C
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Conger"
<[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Geoff, Neurology and "Art"
>
>
>> If you admit you know little of art/aesthetics how
can you be persuaded
>> that something is relevant to it?
>> WC
>
>
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