Re: FWD from the distant and the proximate past on sticks and dogs

Katherine Goff (Katherine_Goff who-is-at ceo.cudenver.edu)
Sat, 14 Nov 1998 09:01:08 -0700

Kevin Leander via Eva writes:
>>
>>Mike asks: how would the substitution of a seeing-eye dog for the
>>stick affect the blind man's mental system?

i think the complexity of the system increases tenfold, or more.

but where would you draw the distinction between a stick and a dog?

is there a difference that makes a difference (speaking as a Batesonian)
between a stick that the blind man broke off of a tree and a cane created
out of some person-made material and designed by persons to meet the needs
of an imagined ideal blind person?

i am asking because i think a computer is sometimes (or simultaneously)
like a stick and like a dog.

kathie

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