That makes sense to me, Jochen. Our X3 has the same feature and I found it helpful on a recent trip. My M240 doesn't have it.
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 12:32 PM Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: > I am reading at the moment the German translation of "The Museum of > Abandoned Secrets" from the Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko. It is a long > novel about the history of Ukraine. She writes sentences as long as pages > where one metaphor follows the next like pearls on a necklace of beads. > > One of these metaphors made me think if we can describe emotions as a > "driving assistant" for the vehicles created by our selfish genes. A > driving assistant shaped by million years of evolution which wakes up in > the right moments and guides us in the right direction (whenever it is > supper- or pairing time). If we select the right direction, then it rewards > us by a boost of energy or fuel. > > Does it make sense to extend Dawkins' metaphor like this? Our BMW 330E has > for example a system that warns the driver if he comes to close to the edge > of the lane. Then the wheel starts to vibrate. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_systems > > -J. > > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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