On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 03:46:32 -0400, Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>I do think you have to "know" what you experience,
>before you can experience it.
>You can only experience things you already have an internal model of
>(picture, conviction).

Mental models, logic, abstractions (seperating reality into "things"
and
"sets of things"), etc. have been useful (mental)
technologies our species has developed in our survival.
But they should not be mistaken for reality ("truth" if you want)
itself.


Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com