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ROD:The example of the Natchez not being able to distinguish between blue and
>green is missing the point.... it is not important to him to distinguish
>between them.. there is no name needed in his brain to separate them.
ERIN: I AGREE BUT THAT IS WHAT I WAS SAYING WHEN I SAID IT WAS A COGNITIVE
DIFFERENCE NOT PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCE. MARTHA STEWART EXAMPLE- IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR HER TO SEPARATE THE TWO SHADES OF OFF-WHITE, IT IS NOT IMPORTANT TO ME.
IMPORTANCE IS DETERMINED WHETHER THERE IS A NEED TO COMMUNICATE THE
DIFFERENCE.
ROD: My point is that our brain will only recognise something, if it has an
>appropriate tag to give it, if no specific tag is available, then whatever
>we see will be downgraded to a more general category... that is why some
>people will see the D light, because they have a name for it, an explanation
>of what it is in their brain.
ERIN: SEE YOU CAN'T JUMP FROM COLOR TO DHARMAKAYA LIGHT LIKE THAT BECAUSE
PIRSIG HAS GIVEN US THE TAG, DESCRIBED IT, BUT NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT SO
THEY DO NOT SEE THE DHARMAKAYA LIGHT. GIVING SOMEBODY A TAG IS NOT ENOUGH,
THEY NEED TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF THE NEW TAG AND THE TAG BEING USED. IF YOU
WANT TO STOP THE THREAD GOING IN CIRCLES, YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN DHARMAKAYA LIGHT AND LIGHT SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE THE LIGHT. IF YOU
DON'T THE TERM IS GOING TO BE "THROWN OUT" FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT SEE IT.
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