--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > You may have two good terms for the same thing! I think of > intuition > > > > as an internal ability to detect patterns and create wholes out of > > > > perceived parts. > > > > > > Then why not "recognize" it as "pattern recognition" -- on which there > > > have been a lot of studies -- and not some term of nebulous and > > > mystical connotation, "mystical"? > > > > > > > Because the "pattern" isn't logically recognizable, at least at the > time of the intuition. > > Nor did say or mean to imply it always is. I am referring to deep > processes that are usually not conscious. I was playing with the word > recognition. To be clearer, I could have said, "Then why not > appreiciate that it may very well be some deep sub-conscious processes > of "pattern recognition" -- on which there have been a lot of studies > -- and not fall back on some some term of nebulous and mystical > connotation to explain the phenomenon?" >
As i pointed out, PC entails creating/using global connections in the brain. Most theories about intuition also assume this is what is going on with intuition. Insomuch as "Pure Consciousness" is a mystical/woo-woo state, intuition might be seen as one as well, or at least, PC could be seen as a meta-intuitive state. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
