You will have to refresh my memory as to what conversation; I've been very busy lately and have lost some track as well.
So what sort of ride did it trigger and what was the ride all about? On Jun 10, 8:20 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > There, too, is a word for self creation I can't remember (only > apotheosis comes to mind, not right). Science has a lesson for us about > error, as successive approximation goes, the method of refining and > controlling error. Perhaps the only choice we get is to fall with grace. > Desiderata was a welcome find last night > (http://www.halexandria.org/dward017.htm). > > I can't remember the word for emotional deluge either. /Mnemosyne, have > mercy!/ > > Slip, if you are around I'm not ignoring our conversation. It triggered > a hell of a ride, I am still picking out the pieces. > > On 6/10/2010 7:44 AM, Pat wrote: > > > > > On 5 June, 02:18, kenny<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> it is crazy when you think of all the possibilities. sometimes i > >> fantasize about all the options i have, to become something. though my > >> prudence keeps me on the mainstream. i dream much of living wild in > >> the woods like H.D.T. just one of many. what is the study of learning > >> from ones mistakes? and of learning of things we not yet know of? some > >> kind of scientoligist i'd think... and combine that with such > >> creativity to bring to the people, and teach them something more than > >> entertainment. enlightenment! > > > As English is a Germanic language, it's good for inventing new words. > > If you want a new word for 'the study of learning from one's > > mistakes', I suggest "Errorology". If you want a new word for "the > > study of learning of things we do not yet know", how about > > "Ignostology"? Usually, though, we just refer to both processes as > > 'learning' and let it go at that. I'm not sure I'd want a PhD in > > Errorology anyway, as it might be given to me by mistake and, by > > definition, may well have to be. ;-) > > >> On Jun 4, 11:48 am, Pat<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> On 3 June, 03:30, kenny<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> if someone were to ask me to sum up the best thought i could to > >>>> explain what i call living i would say... it is trying to treat people > >>>> as who they are in situations. to try and have people see the other > >>>> side that they are blind to. we, i think, are all blind somewhere. > >>>> some people have issues...many different kinds. i think it is fun to > >>>> explore, challange, and dominate others. guess it is in my nature. and > >>>> when someone gets the best of me then i have learned something about > >>>> myself. > > >>> Yes, perhaps the best thing about losing an argument is that it > >>> affords you the certain knowledge that you, obviously, didn't have > >>> that would have won you the argument. Perhaps then, living is for > >>> learning. And, of course, there are two main opportunities for > >>> learning: > >>> 1) learning from a standpoint of ignorance > >>> and > >>> 2) learning from having made a 'mistake' > > >>> Learning from a standpoint of ignorance is addressed, these days, > >>> through education, by teaching our children certain basic facts in an > >>> orderly fashion so that they can take that knowledge with them into > >>> their later years. Any additional 'education' we do also falls into > >>> this category. > >>> The only other opportunity that life presents us with is when we make > >>> a 'mistake'. By 'mistake', I mean, the kind of things where our > >>> expectations of a result were different from the actual result. It > >>> may be that our 'means of achieving the result' was not correct or it > >>> may be that our expectations could have been different. Either way, > >>> we are afforded a chance to learn and a chance to correct either our > >>> expectations or our means of achieving a particular result.- Hide quoted > >>> text - > > >> - Show quoted text -
