[MD] NYC

[Carl Thames]

Marsha:
> Perhaps we have never been to NYC. We can study all about NYC, look at 
> photographs, read the history, and learn a tremendous amount about NYC 
> from books. Far more than the people who live and/or work in NYC know. We 
> can be experts. But, when we board an airplane and fly to NYC, there is a 
> great difference when we experience NYC with our eyes, our ears and other 
> senses. Then we understand so much more, don't we? Because we have the 
> direct experience of our senses and not just the mental image of NYC, even 
> though the latter is correct.  Direct perception is to see things as they 
> are, without changing them through our concepts.

Carl:
I was going to add this to the last message and sent it before I did:

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Source-monitoring_error

I think this may have more to do with our perceptions that we're comfortable 
admitting.  I know it applies to me.  It's directly related to our concepts, 
and how we arrive at them.

Later,
Carl