Dear Marsha 

I think you are interested to know its point.

J A

12 maj 2013 x kl. 23.46 skrev MarshaV:

> 
> J-A,
> 
> Answer the Y/N questions yourself; I am not interested in doing so.  It's 
> your thought experiment, so explain its point.   What are you thinking?
> 
> 
> Marsha
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On May 12, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Jan Anders Andersson <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Dear Marsha
>> 
>> It shouldn't hurt or be dangerous in any way to just answer my questions 
>> with YES or NO.
>> 
>> Is the clay burned to make it firm?  Y/N
>> 
>> Does that make it better and more useful?  Y/N
>> 
>> J-A
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Jan-Anders,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> The original topic has not been replaced; it was change, not clay or 
>>>>>>>>>> teapots or 'saving time'.   Before (when soft and malleable) and 
>>>>>>>>>> after a firing (when firm and stable), the clay is still in a 
>>>>>>>>>> constant state of changing.  In other words, both before and after 
>>>>>>>>>> the firing, the clay or teapot  is ever-changing.  So once again I 
>>>>>>>>>> suggest that you might take a few minutes everyday to take an 
>>>>>>>>>> introspective look:  
>> 
>>> Marsha:
>>> I have pointed out many times, it is not anti-intellectual or a 
>>> contradiction to understand that patterns may maintain a static, stable 
>>> identity at the same time as they and their context are undergoing constant 
>>> change. Think of the Ship of Theseus, or a parade (Hume) where everyone 
>>> drops out but is replaced so that the parade is maintained, or the body 
>>> with its cells constantly being replaced.  Things can change - flow - and 
>>> yet have permanence; think of a river.
>> 
>> 
>> 11 maj 2013 x kl. 00.43 skrev MarshaV:
>> 
>>> 
>>> J-A,
>>> 
>>> Any time you are ready to make the point of your thought experiment clear I 
>>> will consider it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Marsha 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On May 10, 2013, at 5:50 AM, Jan Anders Andersson <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Well Marsha
>>>> 
>>>> You admit that the clay changes from soft and malleable to firm and stable 
>>>> AND still in a constant state of changeing.
>>>> 
>>>> Do you understand that there is a change? The physical pattern changes 
>>>> into another, OK?
>>>> 
>>>> J-A
>>>> 
>>>> 10 maj 2013 kl. 10.32 skrev MarshaV:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> J-A,
>>>>> 
>>>>> What potter?  -  It's your thought experiment and I don't understand it's 
>>>>> point, so you'd be the person who must answer the questions. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Marsha
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On May 10, 2013, at 3:30 AM, Jan Anders Andersson <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Marsha
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> OK, you say that the clay changes from soft and malleable to firm and 
>>>>>> stable AND still in a constant state of changeing.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So why do you think the potter is burning the clay? Is it because it 
>>>>>> makes the clay firm and stable or doesn't it really matter because it is 
>>>>>> still in a state of change?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jan-Anders
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 10 maj 2013 x kl. 09.12 skrev MarshaV:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> J-A,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I did not write "still in constant change".  
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Before (when soft and malleable), during firing, and after a firing 
>>>>>>> (when firm and stable), the clay is still in a constant state of 
>>>>>>> changing.  
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Marsha
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On May 9, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Jan Anders Andersson 
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Would please answer my last question: 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Do you mean by that "still in constant change" that there is NO change 
>>>>>>>> when the clay is burned? Y/N
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> J A
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 9 maj 2013 x kl. 09.21 skrev MarshaV:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> J-A,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> If you do not familiar the process of firing clay, you might think 
>>>>>>>>> about choosing a different example for your attempts at a thought 
>>>>>>>>> experiment.  Does your imagining clay firing stay the same?  
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Marsha
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On May 8, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Jan Anders Andersson 
>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> YES
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I am confused.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Do you mean by that "still in constant change" that there is NO 
>>>>>>>>>> change when the clay is burned?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Jan Anders
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 8 maj 2013 x kl. 11.34 skrev MarshaV:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> J-A,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> You seem confused, so I've changed the subject line to reflect the 
>>>>>>>>>>> original and more appropriate discussion.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Marsha 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Jan-Anders,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> The original topic has not been replaced; it was change, not clay 
>>>>>>>>>>> or teapots or 'saving time'.   Before (when soft and malleable) and 
>>>>>>>>>>> after a firing (when firm and stable), the clay is still in a 
>>>>>>>>>>> constant state of changing.  In other words, both before and after 
>>>>>>>>>>> the firing, the clay or teapot  is ever-changing.  So once again I 
>>>>>>>>>>> suggest that you might take a few minutes everyday to take an 
>>>>>>>>>>> introspective look:  
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> "The purpose of mystic meditation is not to remove oneself from 
>>>>>>>>>>> experience but to bring one's self closer to it by eliminating 
>>>>>>>>>>> stale, confusing, static, intellectual attachments of the past."
>>>>>>>>>>> (LILA, Chapter 9) 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> “Introspective observation is what we have to rely on first and 
>>>>>>>>>>> foremost and always. I regard the belief [in introspection] as the 
>>>>>>>>>>> most fundamental of all the postulates of Psychology” 
>>>>>>>>>>> (W. James, 1890)
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Marsha
>>>>> 
>>>>> ... snip... 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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