[MD] Social Intellectual

[Krimel]

>> [Marsha]
>>> How do patterns and objects differ?
>> 
>> Craig    
>> Consider the "duck-rabbit figure".
>> If it were the figure of an object, it could be only
>> a duck or only a rabbit.  But if it is the figure of a pattern, it is
both
> a duck pattern and also a rabbit pattern.
> 
> [Marsha]
> I know this type of example, but I am not sure of your point.  Can you
give
> an 
> example that is not visual?
> 
> [Krimel]
> The blind monks and the elephant.
>  
[Dave] 
An interesting aside on the visual aspect of mirror images the latest issue
of The Economist has a short blurb on recent research that learning to read
actual has to rewire the brain to some degree from it's state at birth to
overcome mixing up letters like d-b-p.

[Krimel]
Learning to play tennis "re-wires" the brain, as does meditation, listening
to the radio and pretty much everything we do. The amount of effort required
to learn a set of facts or skills is a pretty good indicator of the amount
of rewiring involved.