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Hi David I have two dogs and have trained them to stop some behavior and come when called.
They in turn insist that I throw things so they can fetch them. So sometimes the dogs train me. I think this is evidence that animals postulate as ably as people do. Sincerely Pete Sent from my iPad > On Jan 25, 2014, at 12:59 PM, David Pelly <[email protected]> wrote: > > ************* > The following message is relayed to you by [email protected] > ************ > Quote from TROM book: > > The PD postulates. > These are the hidden postulates in life; not because any attempt is being > made to hide them, but merely because man the materialist cannot fit them > into his theories about life, and so tends to discount their existence. > Everyone knows about SD postulates, but few suspect the existence of their PD > twins at the other end of the comm line. Thus, being unknown or generally > ignored, they tend to be highly effective. > > For example, how many people can resist a stray cat who wanders in and looks > at you with his big, pleading eyes? You don’t know it but that sudden urge to > get him a saucer of milk and a nice warm home is more his PD postulate than > your SD one! Animals, being entirely natural, and not being educated to the > contrary, use their PD postulates to the full, thus making willing slaves out > of us "Oh so much more intelligent and rational" humans. > > > > Here Dennis is wrong re: the cat's PDP. > > The domesticated cat is not operating on his postulate. The domesticated cat > is operating on the postulates of his domesticator. The domesticated cat is > trained to want and depend on how his trainer trained him. Training and > domestication are implanted postulates. > > > If you disagree with my statement, answer this question: > > Ever see a wild cat come up to you and beg for a saucer of milk? > > > > > > Babies too are masters of the PD postulate; they have yet to be educated out > of their belief in the efficacy of such things. > > > > This one too: Dennis' viewpoint is very warped or aberrated. Babies don't > believe. The parents made the baby and are therefore responsible for the > babies needs to survive. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Trom mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.newciv.org/mailman/listinfo/trom
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