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Jim Henderson wrote:
> an instinctive knowledge.
What is the benefit of tacking the word on the end of that? Why is it
"instinctive knowledge" and not just "instinct"?
>> Does yanking your hand out of the
>> fire have anything to do with knowing it's hot?
>
> It certainly has something to do with knowing "I'm in pain" and how to
> make he pain go away. Pain avoidance is IMHO a form of instinctive
> knowledge.
OK, so what everyone else calls "instinct" (or "reflex"), you call "knowledge".
> Some people come to that conclusion without formal training.
Sure. But I specifically said "Christians" rather than something else to
imply a substantive agreement with parts of the bible as written. I don't
think it's unusual to have a tendency towards religion. Even atheists have
days when they're convinced God hates them. ;-)
And I don't think you instinctively knew (or know) how the universe works. I
think you learned it and didn't pay attention to having learned it, so
you've forgotten you learned it. Not that we'll ever know for sure.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"We'd like you to back-port all the changes in 2.0
back to version 1.0."
"We've done that already. We call it 2.0."
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