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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Erik Reuter
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:41 AM
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> More accurately, it flies in the face of your perception of the success
> you've had. The successes are one thing, that is an objective fact (more
> or less). But the mechanism of those successes, that is much harder to
> pin down. If your brain is as peculiar as you suggest, I'm not sure I
> trust the accuracy of those perceptions.
>
> > I don't follow. I see no conflict between the two parts.
>
> If it is not random, then it can be influenced.
I haven't argued that it can't be influenced. I argued that it cannot be
forced. That's like the difference between criticism and censorship.
> So, we agree that working longer ("head in an interesting direction
> related to what you are working on") will be likely to create more
> results. I guess we have nothing to argue about!
Only if one equates "working longer" with "head in an interesting
direction."
Nick
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