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Can you remember what it was like not to know something you know?
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| Lira |
You live and learn. You're always learning.
Once you learn something, however, it feels as though a whole new world appeared before your eyes. When you learn a foreign language, suddenly those unknown noises become meaningful; when you learn that people behave a certain way when they're feeling a certain emotion, you're quick to link the image you see with the feeling you believe they're feeling; and so on.
But, take all your knowledge and erase it. Can you remember what it was like not to understand English, for example? Can you forget some kind of social skill that you now take for granted? |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
You live and learn. You're always learning.
Once you learn something, however, it feels as though a whole new world appeared before your eyes. When you learn a foreign language, suddenly those unknown noises become meaningful; when you learn that people behave a certain way when they're feeling a certain emotion, you're quick to link the image you see with the feeling you believe they're feeling; and so on.
But, take all your knowledge and erase it. Can you remember what it was like not to understand English, for example? Can you forget some kind of social skill that you now take for granted? |
Nobody can. There is a term for this, but it escapes me atm. Its something you learn in sociology class....
Pretty amazing how the brain works. |
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| airwalker1 |
yes but wont this alter are learnig prosses?
buy taking away knowlege we have gaind,only
puts us back to the point we were before. |
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| Arbiter |
| Yes. For example, I just found out I have a 3:30 meeting tomorrow. I didn't know about it a few moments ago, and I have no difficulty recalling what it was like, those few moments ago, when I had not yet found out about the meeting. It was quite nice as a matter of fact. I felt less... busy. |
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| Lira |
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| quote: | Originally posted by airwalker1
yes but wont this alter are learnig proses? |
Never mind my question. Do tower, tire and tar rhyme to you? And, seriously, where in the UK are you?
(Whoever says Cape Town will be suspended :mad: :D)
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
Yes. For example, I just found out I have a 3:30 meeting tomorrow. I didn't know about it a few moments ago, and I have no difficulty recalling what it was like, those few moments ago, when I had not yet found out about the meeting. It was quite nice as a matter of fact. I felt less... busy. |
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I'm talking about stuff that has a much broader impact in your life, Arbiter. I know what it feels like to forget small things all the time, being the way I am :D |
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| airwalker1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
<Off-topic>
Never mind my question. Do tower, tire and tar rhyme to you? And, seriously, where in the UK are you?
(Whoever says Cape Town will be suspended :mad: :D)
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ok here is a question put to you. why take away those links?
only to find without them our understanding is what? |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by airwalker1
ok here is a question put to you. why take away those links?
only to find without them our understanding is what? |
You mean, like, ghosts? |
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| airwalker1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
You mean, like, ghosts? |
yes i mean ghosts:rolleyes: ile wait for a reply to my question,ive got all night.
in the meantime look out for them ghosts :eyes: |
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| Cloudburst |
| I remember reading Finnish Donald Duck comics as a kid. When I learned how to read Finnish, not only speak it, I finally understood so much in those comics. Everything made sense! It was amazing! |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
Nobody can. There is a term for this, but it escapes me atm. Its something you learn in sociology class....
Pretty amazing how the brain works. |
If you remember the name, please post it here :)
| quote: | Originally posted by airwalker1
yes i mean ghosts:rolleyes: ile wait for a reply to my question,ive got all night.
in the meantime look out for them ghosts :eyes:
| quote: | Originally posted by airwalker1
yes but wont this alter are learnig prosses?
buy taking away knowlege we have gaind,only
puts us back to the point we were before. |
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Oh, I had not understood your question... Anyway, it would indeed put us where we were before, but can this ever happen? Specially if you build some more knowledge upon that piece of information? |
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| airwalker1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
If you remember the name, please post it here :)
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Oh, I had not understood your question... Anyway, it would indeed put us where we were before, but can this ever happen? Specially if you build some more knowledge upon that piece of information? [/QUOTE]what infomation?(if you meen can we move from something that was not there befor). then of course the answer is yes,because thier was no learnig curve to begin with.
unless you take your self to a point before where some recollection was attained.
maybe the brain coincides the past with recent avents that reconises
the two?:conf: |
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