Re: simulation vs. mimesis

[Tim Gwinn <***>]

Hi Jerry,

Welcome to the list! :)

And, HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!

Regards,
Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ROSEN Forum [mailto:*** Behalf Of Jerry
> Zhu
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 3:41 PM
> To: ***
> Subject: Re: simulation vs. mimesis
> 
> 
> Hi, all
> 
> I am challenged to keep up with the energy, the pace, 
> and intellectual depth of this list.  So just let me
> have one more attempt to get into the "main" stream of
> thoughts. My name is Jerry Zhu based in Virginia BTW.
> Is this a reasonable greating to everyone?
> 
> To be extremely concise, mechanistic thinking
> separates the observer from what is observed. 
> Experiences are objective and can be reported and
> reproduced by different observers. Relational thinking
> do not separate the two. Wave or particle are not
> properties of light.  They are properties of our
> interactions with light. There are two sides of this
> understanding: how we "feel" this interaction and what
> we "believe" what the observables are or should be in
> the process of interaction.  Our focus shifts between
> the two side of this interaction based on context.
> Flight simulator has a focus on how we feel and how to
> react the interaction while model plane has a focus
> what the plane should be in the interaction. They are
> both models based on where we place our focus.
> "Entailment not bringing congruence" occus when we use
> flight simulators to understand what an airpline
> should be.
> 
> I agree with all of you regarding this issue, and
> particuarly with Rosen Jr.'s comments about model
> being contextual defined.
> 
> Jerry -
> 
> PS. Can't believe only a few hours left of the year.
> So I am happy to get on the train before next year and
> look forward to a great new year hours away for all of
> us.
> 
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
> http://mail.yahoo.com