On 4/24/22 12:31 PM, Jochen Fromm 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
Jochen -Thanks for the reference, Zabuzhko looks like a fascinating novelist/philosopher... I tiny good thing that comes from the Russian Invasion is a newfound awareness of all things Ukrainian
It is obvious but fascinating for a virtual "driver assistant" to emulate the "rumble strip" which emulates the "rough edge of the highway" itself...
In our own back yard, an FM encoding of our national anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l2vSsavVZs A recent poem I wrote on the topic of "rumble strips" <h2>Ode to the Rumble Strip</h2> <blockquote>Before seat belts and car seats, <br /> we slept curled on a back seat <br /> driving late into the night to get home<br /> when the whine and hum <br /> goes to sizzle, then a low rumble<br /> not the flap flap flap of a flat<br /> you know dad let the car tire touch<br /> loose gravel, random edges of asphalt<br /> correction! Back to center... ahhhh...<br /> The inventor of the rumble strip<br /> must have done time in the same back seat<br /> I've driven across NM/OK/KS with my eyes closed<br /> feeling my way along<br /> by rumble strip alone.<br /> how many lives saved<br /> or lost<br /> to the humble rumble<br /> ...strip?<br /> </blockquote>
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