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I wondered that about Teppic. He looks nothing like I imagined either.The Mad Collector wrote:Looks good Tony. Nice to see you have Teppic, not many people bought that one as it doesn't look like many readers vision as to what he looked like
He's supposed to be bowing I think - it's the dodgy moustache that I dislike. Honestly, if it hadn't said "Teppic" on the box, I'd never have guessed who it was supposed to be.poohcarrot wrote:Teppic is pants!
Why's he got a hunchback?
Now that would make a lot of sense - the moustache is certainly more like I'd imagine on Victor.The Mad Collector wrote:I always thought that they started off modelling Victor "Can't sing, can't dance, can handle a sword a little" Tugelbend (Victor Maraschino) as a sort of Errol Flynn character bowing to an audience and then changed their minds and added the assassins bits and painted the costume black
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Can we think without any presumptions?
Questions arised from one of the conversation and a reminiscence of a old lady who said:"nobody is right but me."
Are we free of personal bias when we think?
how reliable it is for us ourselves to judge if we are free of personal bias or not ?
Linda Taylor
Feb 17 2013: I really, really hope not. I am who I am today because of all the experiences and life I have lived up to this point. It is the cumulative effect that makes me think differently than anyone else.
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There are times when I need to judge without presumptions. If I am not intimately aware of what my presumptions are, how can I set them aside? It takes effort and self knowledge to effectively do that. Even then, I do not think we can set aside all our presumptions.Feb 26 2013: I think that presumptions originate from our sense of identity (a.k.a. the ego) , which we can shift if we are open to the possibility of self-evolution. The reason why people hold on so dearly to presumptions, is that they are the bits and pieces that make up the framework for their identity. Losing those bits and pieces will lead to what they fear the most - losing themselves in the sea of information that surrounds us. Presumptions are just bits of information , we don't need to add any negative or positive connotations to them, but rather to accept their existence, and be able to accept that there is always other information that will contradict these presumptions at one point or another. It is up to us to be able to ride the wave of information, and be able to pick and choose as it is appropriate. And that appropriateness is something, that I believe connects to an inner core of self - beyond the strict framework of identity and self. The self that doesn't need to be defined because it has been and always will be in existence as long as we have lived and taken breath.
Feb 27 2013: Well said Elizabeth! I LOVE your statements..."...losing themselves in the sea of information...", and "It is up to us to be able to ride the wave of information, and be able to pick and choose as it is appropriate".
Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
"I tell you how to stave off drowning. Dive down. Embrace it. The sea will spit you back, astonished."
(David Brendan Hopes- A sense of the Morning - Nature Through New Eyes)Feb 28 2013: Why the great fear of losing one's little self,the ego? It is only made of thought. It seems that fear keeps us seperate from each other by feeling better or worse. What kind of world can we build as One, with all persons seeing all others and all life as our true inner Self in a different form and situation? We will have world peace and a new Renaissance on Earth. This is not impossible. Love is the greatet power in existence. We will survive.
Feb 28 2013: Hello again David:>)
You ask..."Why the great fear of losing one's little self,the ego?"
I suggest there is fear because some folks get so attached to their presumptions, assumptions and personal biases? If people identify themselves based on established beliefs, who and what would they be without them? That thought/feeling is sometimes frightening for some folks.
I agree with you....these beliefs are only "thoughts".....information that we choose to embrace.....or not. I also agree that this practice is what keeps us seperate from each other.
In order to have the kind of life you describe... one in which we recognize the connectivity of the whole, it is necessary to NOT be attached to the presumptions, assumptions and biases. I believe it is ABSOLUTELY possible, interesting and enjoyable:>)
Personally, I like the UNKNOWN, because it is limitless. I would not deny myself that opportunity, because I felt more secure holding onto presumptions and bias.
We have been "surviving" for a long time. As thinking, feeling, intelligent, evolving human beings, I believe it is time to move beyond surviving, into a new understanding that we can flurish as individuals, AND as a global community:>)
Mar 1 2013: I Like Eckhart Tolle's viewpoint in The Power of Now. That we are approaching a critical mass, when the power of the timeless Source overcomes the mess created by unconscious humans.
I suggest that there are two polarized viewpoints; Ultimate optimism and ultimate pessimism. Ultimate upimism being the view that the cosmos will continue unfolding with constant improvement and we should therefore look after it with loving care.. Ultimate pessimism being the view that the universe will soon end, so it really doesn't matter what happens or what we do to the world as much as our religious theories are in line.
Can we flourish as a global community? Absolutely! We need only to udate the planetary management model.Mar 1 2013: David,
I love Eckhart Tolle and The Power of Now:>)
Being totally in the moment (the power of now) is one tool we can use which facilitates recognizing presumptions, assumptions and biases for what they truly are.
I suggest there are a LOT of viewpoints in addition to ultimate optimism and ultimate pessimism. Sometimes, when "religious theories are in line", it is destructive to our world and the people in it. Is that what you are saying? "Ultimate pessimism being the view that the universe will soon end, so it really doesn't matter what happens or what we do to the world as much as our religious theories are in line." Are you saying if religious theories are in line the hell with everything else?
I think/feel we need balance, and I do not believe in depending on religious theories, because in my perception, that does not seem to be working too well for our world.
Whether we, as individuals choose to think WITH or WITHOUT presumptions doesn't have anything to do with religion....unless one's presumptions are about religion.
Mar 1 2013: Presumptions, assumptions and biases are merely human thoughts with a large amount of ego in them. Any judgement of our fellow human beings is made by comparison to our treassured me myself and I. I agree that there are many viewpoints but there is a polarization. All are either essentailly positive or essentially negative.
The viewpont of ultimate negativity (that it's all soon finished) breeds thoughts that the planet does not matter that much, and contributes to it's destrucion, whereas the view of ultimate optimism (that the cosmos is the timeless manifestation of eternal source,) requires of us to postulate that we need this magic planet to survive so that life can continue to have a home.The assumption that I'm destined for Heaven (by any name) places the present-time universe in a secondary position to a dream. This is what is. Let's do everything in our power to understand it. And let us grow to realise that the peson reading this is much more than a bag of thoughts and is essentially an aspect of the timesless source.
Why assume we are limited temportary humans, and miss the peace of experiencing and understaning our timeless Beingness? Essentially, I am you and you are me. We are all part of the one life. So the logic in treating "your brother as yourself" becomes obvious. He is yourself.
This also leads us to respect all life forms. And what is love but respect?Mar 1 2013: David,
I agree that presumptions, assumptions and biases are merely human thoughts. I am very much in favor of being good stewards to our environment, which sustains us. I do not "assume we are limited" in any way, and I wholeheartedly believe that we are all connected. If you've read any of my comments, you might be aware of my feelings in that respect. Unfortunately, much of the information contained in presumptions and biases contributes to the feeling of seperateness in our world. Respect is one element of love:>) Are you preaching to the choir?
Mar 1 2013: I hope I am, that there is a chior of people whe see the general love of all life is indeed just that; respect. I have read many of your comments and agree greatly.
Bob Stiglitz
Feb 25 2013: You can't really know your biases unless you have the ability to think about your own thinking and even then science has discovered that most thought is unconscious, see here:
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So most people are not capable of accurately thinking about their own thinking because
1) It requires sufficient ability
2) It takes enormous amounts of time, energy, reading, life experience and dedication.
All of which not many people have.Feb 25 2013: We sound are used to talking from thinking with our own presumption or judging with our personal bias.If we want to think without any presumptions.We should teach the conscious thinking from kindergarden to university.And how?I think meditation is not a bad exercise for children to have in young age.Education is the most helpful thing which deserves us to invest and search to make the world better.TED is doing the kind of great thing.Thanks for all guys have contributed to TED a long time and wanna go on and on!Let's march on with'never too old to learn'slogon.
Feb 25 2013: I agree Edulover! We can teach and learn about presumption, personal bias and judging. I believe most of the information that fuels bias and presumptions has been given to us by parents, societies, religions, etc. When we can see the information for what it is, we have the ability to let go of our judgments, which are based on bias/presumptions.
I agree that meditation is a good way to calm the mind chatter, which is often based on presumptions. I wholeheartedly agree....never too old to learn. I will be learning until I take my last breath on this earth school:>)Feb 23 2013: Thinking is highly overraited. The human mind is not as able as we think it is. It is cluttered with prgramming, pain and unresolved grudges. I would rather ask how can we reason with assumptions,which is really just another word for prejudgments. Fixed opinions close the mind to all but selective input and corrupt it's resoning.
Feb 24 2013: "Thinking is highly overraited."
David, I'd be the first to say that it sure appears that way given the kind of outcomes that are usually the result of our thinking.
Nevertheless, it's not "thinking," the function of thinking that's at fault, but that we've forgotten the purpose of thinking. Thinking is for creating. As such, we're amazing, almost unstoppable, creation machines, creating continually our reality, and oftentimes not for the better but for the worse.
"The human mind is not as able as we think it is."
Granted, the "human mind" seems to let us down, especially when we need it most, often during moments of extreme stress, emotional confusion, and trying straits.
When we need the steady hand of rational thinking and the imaginative power of hindsight and foresight to guide us, we often end up on the rocky shores of our disastrous thinking, and poor judgment.
"Fixed opinions close the mind to all but selective input and corrupt it's resoning."
Yes, it can "close the mind," which is why this seemingly unstoppable runaway train of our thinking processes must be brought to a screeching halt as often as is possible during the day, to stop the incessant creation that goes on in the name of thinking, so that we might create with the full potential of our intellect.
This is why Transcendental Meditation, reducing thinking to one thought, a mantra, has effectively aided the thinking process, and has delivered some amazing results for those who practice it.
Taking it a step further, others have applied brakes to their thinking altogether, not even focusing on a thought, or a mantra, but allowing themselves to be enveloped by the silence that comes with not thinking at all.
It's a more difficult process, but the benefits are immeasurable: Greater tranquility and health; more insight into life's opaqueness; quicker learning of skills or difficult information; and wider access to an Inner Wisdom that's sure to guide both our actions and our behavior.
Feb 24 2013: Dear Wilbert,
I wholeheartedly agree that "we're amazing...creating continually our reality..." as you insightfully say.
You then go on to say that the ""human mind" seems to let us down...when we need the steady hand of rational thinking and imaginative power...this seemingly unstoppable runaway train of our thinking processes must be brought to a screeching halt..."
Although you say that we are amazing and continually creating our reality, which I totally agree with, you also say the mind lets us down? The unstoppable runaway train of our thinking process "must be brought to a screeching halt as often as is possible during the day"?
It sounds like you are giving your mind/brain/rational thinking a "mind of it's own", so to speak, and perceiving it as something outside your "self"?
I agree that meditation sometimes helps to calm the mind chatter, and I take full responsibility for MY mind chatter. I control the information that is streaming through my mind/brain/thought process, at any given time. I am continually creating my reality, and in doing that, I am mindfully aware of the thought process and how it is connected with other body/mind systems.
When you say the ""human mind" seems to let us down...when we need the steady hand of rational thinking and imaginative power...this seemingly unstoppable runaway train of our thinking processes must be brought to a screeching halt..." perhaps you are refering to your "self" and how you connect with the thinking process. This is certainly NOT how everyone functions:>)
It is not a difficult process to calm the mind chatter....it's a choice. As you say.....we continually create our reality. As long as we say this very natural process is difficult, that is the reality we create for ourselves. When folks recognize it as a natural process, that too is the reality we create. To " think without any presumptions" is simply another enjoyable process that we, as individuals control....when we are mindfully aware:>)
Feb 24 2013: "[Y]ou also say the mind lets us down?"
Actually, I said: "seems to let us down," when in fact it's operating according to its prime directive which is to create.
"It sounds like you are giving your mind/brain/rational thinking a 'mind of it's own', so to speak, and perceiving it as something outside your 'self'?"
I'm not saying that, but it is a topic worthy of discussion--just how much are we consciously in control of our psyche--but a topic outside the parameters of this discussion, as is a discussion of the Id, ego and super-ego, as well as the conscious, subconscious, superconscious and supraconscious.
"I am continually creating my reality, and in doing that, I am mindfully aware of the thought process and how it is connected with other body/mind systems."
Monitoring our thoughts allows us to "create" intentionally, rather than in the usual, unmonitored, haphazard manner by which we often create. So yes, this kind of thinking puts us at the helm so to speak, so that we steer our thoughts in directions of our choosing rather than allow the currents of previous thoughts about a thing, preconceptions, and unfiltered biases to take us away, but, instead, create our reality and experiences in the moment, and in a way of our conscious choosing.
"[P]erhaps you are refering to your 'self' and how you connect with the thinking process. This is certainly NOT how everyone functions:>)"
Clearly not. In our midst are Masters of the Mind and of the many attributes of the psyche, those who can create at one or many levels, the level of the body, the level of the conscious mind, the level of the superconscious, and the level of the supraconscious, where thought becomes intention and intention reality, as though they're one, and at a level of immediacy that the distinction between the two are blurred, and rendered indistinguishable.
What I'm advocating is this: Rather than we spending so much time in our mind, we opt to be out of our mind as much as we're humanly able.Feb 24 2013: Wilbert,
Each person, may be "in control" at different levels, and it is a matter of being mindfully aware, which is very much connected to this topic...."Can we think without any presumptions". If we do not know what thoughts are presumptions, we probably do not have control regarding our thoughts and/or presumptions.
It is with awareness that we begin to consciously choose. One does not have to be "Masters of the Mind" to experience this very natural process. Again....it is a matter of awareness, and as thinking, feeling, intelligent, multi sensory, multi dimensional human beings, it is possible for all of us. All humans have the ability to create at many different levels. We have evolved beyond the concept that only "Masters of the Mind" can function in this natural way.
If you choose to be out of your mind as much as humanly able, so be it. I prefer, and I encourage others, to be totally connected with all parts of "self":>)
Feb 25 2013: Hello Colleen;
The viewpoint I am attempting to communicate is the idea of man getting out of the way and letting the intelligence that is all consciuosness, use us. It's about us getting free of Me, Myself and I and recognising that we are a part of the one life and we need each other to survive. The time for world peace is Now. The world is connected and the means are at hand. All poeple are the same inside
Peace is in every heart. Every soldier wants to go home. The world management system needs to change.Feb 25 2013: "If you choose to be out of your mind as much as humanly able, so be it. I prefer, and I encourage others, to be totally connected with all parts of "self":>)"
And that's the rub: You can't be "connected with all parts of "self'" while connected exclusively to the one we call the conscious mind. It's only when we're willing to let go, to be out of this mind, that we're able to connect to all the others, those that reside in the Totality of the Self, the fullness of our Mind.
We're all potentially "Masters" of the Self, but few there be that actually integrate all aspects of the Self, and the Mind. Were we so collectively adept, much of the disastrous thinking that is now threatening to destroy our world and all life on this planet would be unknown, and effete.
Our thinking, and the creative force behind it, has brought humankind to the brink of self-annihilation.
And who will save us: The Wise Ones among us, those whose minds aren't differentiated but act as One, as they truly are. In this world of relativity, where one thing is defined by another, we have divided our mind, somewhat discretely, just as we have divided the self into male and female, and things into up and down, hot and cold, hard and soft, and acts into good and evil, and a host of other dyads, when in fact All Things are One Thing, inclusive of mind.
"All humans have the ability to create at many different levels. We have evolved beyond the concept that only "Masters of the Mind" can function in this natural way."
At some level, we're all Masters of the Mind, but we can't experience being more, if we can't imagine being more, that is, knowing ourselves as more--hence the necessity of escaping that part of the Self that seems to suggest and reinforce limitations, albeit for a time--to know the Total Self, the totality of who we are.
We can't do that in our conscious mind: This mind doesn't represent our Real Mind, and neither can it save itself from itself.Feb 25 2013: Wilbert,
We CAN be connected to everything. If you choose not to be, it's ok. It seems kind of silly to have a mind, and encourage being "out of this mind"! We all have the ability to integrate all aspects of the self and the mind, which is simply one aspect of "self".
ABSOLUTELY....you write..."in fact All Things are One Thing, inclusive of mind". Honestly Wilbert, I perceive your comments as contradicting yourself.
If you cannot do whatever you say you cannot do....it's ok.....and....if you think something cannot "save itself from itself".....so be it. Sounds pretty confused!
Feb 25 2013: In the end, we may have to agree to disagree, as words are severe limiters of communication. On one hand, I speak from the Absolute, and then again from the relative, in the hope that I can bridge the two with a proper transition.
In this world, we experience two truths: A relative truth, and an Absolute truth. We generally accept that we're relative beings, but not relative beings with an Absolute existence. So to your statement that "We CAN be connected to everything," I answer, yes, we "can be," but the Greater Truth is, we're already "connected to everything," where All Things are One Thing, as indeed they are.
It's how we arrive at this Greater Truth where we may be at odds, not that we disagree with the possibility or the potentiality. Because the conscious mind--and consciousness--are, in our collective belief, highly associated with the physical, it's near impossible to achieve the integration of the Self, and the Mind, when we're not in our Right Mind, hence the necessity of being out of our mind.
Biblically, it's stated this way. "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God [Mind]: for it is not subject to the law of God [Mind], neither indeed can be."
The mind that has its basis in the physical cannot save itself from itself. There are more than one way to be out of our physically-derived mind--by shutting it down altogether (not thinking), spiritualizing it (by loving), or imbuing it with Truth, the Absolute knowing of what is, and what is not (the illusion), or doing all three in sequence.
From the perspective of Home, the Absolute, and not the Far Country, the Illusions of the Relative realm, there's nothing we need know, nothing we need do, and nothing we need have. There's nothing outside of us, as we're all that is. There's nothing we need, as we're sufficient unto ourselves, forever complete, and forever fulfilled.Feb 25 2013: Wilbert,
In my humble perception, words are not "severe limiters of communication". Sometimes, however, too many words simply muddy the water of understanding:>)
In my humble perception....yes.....all things are connected. Are you preaching?Feb 24 2013: Same goes with consciousness. Daniel Danette has very compelling argument that our consciousness is in large part physical and since it is self reflecting it is self edifying too.
Feb 24 2013: I think DD has a limited understanding of consciousness as he uses it exclusively as what I would call self-consciousness which indeed is that edifice you talk about. Consciousness expands as it becomes oblivious of self like as you are captured by a beautiful piece of music or a story told then you're just the observer and participate in a shared consciousness of imagination.
The moment you remember yourself or any thought enters your mind the magic is broken and the stream of consciousness too.
Feb 24 2013: I can only say that self-consciousness is important because if you remove it there is no debate about supra consciousness.Feb 24 2013: How can it be physical when it has no physical characteristics?
Feb 24 2013: Physical things can have non physical characteristics. It just has to be complex enough and we need to examine it in integrative levels. Emergence for example.Feb 25 2013: David,
I totally agree....the time for world peace is NOW:>)Feb 25 2013: A man after my own heart.
For example, I despise ideologies (the "isms"), they all lead to dogma and create mental imprisonment.
Classic example is politics where someone cannot execute the obvious solution because it goes against their ideology. "Left wing" or "right wing", how did ornithology invade politics?!?!?
No wonder politics is full of the absurd!
So, the collective thinking is as bad, or maybe worse than what occurs in individuals
Judges, who are professionally required to practice impartiality, are often able to be characterized by the history of their cases. No one can think without presumption.
Past experience will always colour current thought, no matter how hard to try to prevent it, as that very effort will create influence of its own.
Mitch SMith
Feb 20 2013: No we cannot.
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Perception is constructed of experience.
Most of this experience is personal - a very little has to do with observing outcomes for others - quite a bit has to do with pretending to believe what we are forced to percieve in order to survive the violence of humans..
All thinking works like this: sense-->perceive(presumption)-->compare(with presumption)-->adjust-->decide-->act-->observe(sense/perciieve against adjusted presumption)-->endless loop.
Look at this TED talk - it helps:
Be right for you - make your own decisions based on that, but be careful that expressing your opinion does not result in you living in a gulag like the USA.
Feb 21 2013: Spot on, Mitch!
The only case would be someone without any experiences, but unfortunately, that is a new born babe (we are all born "empty", as it were).... and they'll have experiences by the time they learn to talk... learning to talk being one result of some of those experiences!
After watching that talk, obviously this boke had conquered the noise problem....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SncapPrTusA (This video blows me away!)
Feb 22 2013: Hi Mark,
I thought I recognised that name!
Unfortunately, I haven't got a warehouse full of obsolete telco gear these days - but hope the network is thriving!
On topic:
Ithink it has been pretty well demonstrated that the existential loop begins before birth.
There is a lot of heated discussion about nurture/nature .. it seems endless, but actually progresses. For instance, the assumption that genes are deterministic has fallen and we now see that genetic structure continues to morph even after the moment of conception - the genetic/environmental relationship seems to be deeply inter-dependent.
Everything still moves along causality from past to future, but the attractor remains the self. It is often very difficult to identify what a self actualy is - where it is and what its boundaries are. To this end I am working on a thesis that proposes that all selves demonstrate a membrane .. in humans we call it "skin", but in other self organising systems it is not so obvious. We will see.
It is the rule of causality which determines presumption.
Now, this word "presumption" has some shades of subtlety - it can include assumption.
Assumtion is the component of perception which organises sense data into information. It can be wrong, but the Bayesian loop of observe/adjust is noise-reducing.
The loop is not noise-eliminating, but this is not required for survival. As they say "rough enough for the bush".
Bruce Lee demonstrates how precise this noise reduction can get.
There is a phenomenon called "flow". It may very well be the case that if you get close enough to nil-noise, then resonance will take you the rest of the way.
In this we might propose a gap between perception and reality - and the smaller that gap, the better served the "self" is.
But reality is a moving feast - nothing remains gapless.
Feb 22 2013: I don't follow the Bruce Lee reference.Feb 23 2013: G'day Mitch,
Agree with what you're saying. The further it goes, the more it seems that this area of study is closing the gap to string theory, as the concepts appear to merge, but then again why shouldn't they, as the science of working out exactly what we are is a subset of what energy and matter are.
More and more Mysteries and Mayhem!Feb 23 2013: I've run ou of indents!! This interface needs to get with Chomski to identify the human need for recursion!!!!
or not.
But since we are doing it - let's do it!
@ Fritzie (@ works!)
The Bruce Lee thing is in Mark's link .. it's amazing!!!
hmm .. history.
Mark grew up in my home-town .. he was a friend of my younger brother Andy.
Both Andy and me were musicians .. ambassadores of our home town which had a huge tradition of music.
Andy died about 25 years ago going in search of great sunsets - and fell off a cliff doing that.
Mark escaped the valley by conquering it, I escaped by running away to better pastures.
Who is the best? all of us.
I last saw Mark when I had control of a huge store of de-installed telcio gear - and I offerd some cable .. but he'd already got it sorted.
To be a "guitar star" of Lithgow, was to be the best in the world .. When I was that statr there were 2 others - Darcy Rosser and Macca(forget his whole name - Mac was ascendant while I was descending) I seem to remember that Mark was par tof Macca's ascendance - all the technologists in a small mining town know each other.
(Mark - you can chime-in with historical detail if I'm wrong).
There is not way to be any kind of "star" without flow.
I met a couple of school-mates of Bruce Lee when he was kid in Hong Kong.. They didn't like him much .. they accused him of being too friendly with the triad boys.
But look at the link! He got flow, regardless of opinions about him - and through tyhat flow, he got some very important cultural results for HonGg Kong - before the Chinese re-takover!!! great result!
But he got his ass killed in the proccess . too late. He wins.
It's self-discipline beyond what anyone wants except you - and if you get it, you join the flow of everything .. and you cannot lose.
I reccomend it. It got me beyond human - for a few years.
But that's all it takes to be a human.
Feb 23 2013: Okay, I will look at the link.
Bruce Lee is buried at the local cemetery and gets a constant stream of visitors from all over the world.Feb 25 2013: G'day Mitch,
Macca's full name was John McKinney. Others around that era were Dave Boyling, Gary Shirt and Sid Whalan.
We're probably hijacking thread with this, so I'll keep the "Lithgow muso" history to a that.. We should probably reconnect via email.
Also the thread has gone off on a tangent somewhat with the neuro-feedback topic, but that is very much related, so I'll add the following:
The guitar is an instrument that is very "intimate" with the player (not the only one). Beethoven remarked on the instrument, as it was both portable and polyphonic, but he didn't play it as far as I know.
The intimacy comes with the ability to play between tones by bending notes (you are not bound to discrete "steps" as you are on a piano), and also the variations of tone and harmonics available by subtle techniques on both hands. It is infinite variation.
This is why it has moved from restrictive "integer based" classical to the newer forms of music from blues, jazz and others.
As such, you can reach a point where the instrument virtually becomes an extension of you, and the ultimate in expression. It transcends "hitting the groove". As you say, flow. You don't think about the neurofeedback on your fingers, but what is in your thoughts can instantly become sound.
Adding electronics can enhance this, but it can also detract.
Hendrix, probably the greatest example of flow.
He couldn't read music, didn't practice ("That's why I make so many mistakes, man") and experimented instead.
He actually added the amplifier as a part of the instrument, not just something that makes the instrument louder. He only had simple electronics, but, as has John Phillips said, you could watch him like a hawk, but still not work out how he was doing it.
Pure flow!Feb 26 2013: Yes - the tangents can get distracting. But I've found they can lead to new ways of "re-entry" into a specific topic.
THis is the great power of neural processing - associations build-up into clusters. Such clusters can have multiple entry and exit poitns .. in a matured cluster, the entry point dictates the exit point on the path from stimulus to action. We have a word for association clusters with multiple entry/exit points - it is "intelligence".
When an association cluster becomes reliable, it develops a key nexus point - this is what mirror neurons are. "Reliable" meaning small deviation between prediction and observation (low noise).
Once a cluster gains this status, it is only addressed through the nexus - it becomes "subconscious".
These things build up in layers and can form hierarchies. Messy ones. Each node in the hierarchy is still accessible to direct adjustment and development, but is only looked-at if the niose floor increases.
Tool-mapping works like this - and you are spot-on. The full mastery of a tool is defined by a comprehensive cluster of associative maps concerning experience of that tool.
In effect, it becomes part of the body. In this way Bruce Lee can use nun-chucks as easily and asaccurately as his own forefinger. Also Hendrix with his guitar and amp.
We see this in the "monkey with 3 arms" experiment.
A tool differs from the body in only one aspect. A tool is fully entropised - a body-part is adaptive and negentropic. For instance, the more I use a muscle, the more it adapts to the task - it becomes part of the noise reduction loop. This is not absolute - all musicians know the phenomenon of "playing-in" an instrument - a Stradivarius played badly will become a bad violin, played well, it becomes a masterpiece. However, it is only a faint effect, the adaptive interactions within the skin are easily observed.
This is going to become a major issue with the development of AI. Within-loop potentiation.
Amily shaw
Feb 21 2013: I agree that information recieved will be filtered mentally before it gets sent to decision-making and experiences affects how and what information gets filtered.But does that mean we are confined by our expriences or these perceptions? thanks for the videos guys!
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Feb 21 2013: No Amily, we are NOT confined by our experiences unless we choose to be. I perceive that as a very limiting perspective. If we are mindfully aware, we can indeed "think without any presumptions". It is actually much more interesting to do so:>)
Amily shaw
Feb 21 2013: Yes ,we get confined when we choose to .The thing is sometimes we are not so concious and aware of what are some of these presumptions. Being more mindfully aware could be a way to detect them I agree.Feb 21 2013: I agree Amily....sometimes we are not so conscious and aware of what may be presumptions, so we don't even know they are influencing our thought patterns. When we KNOW ourselves, and are familier with our thoughts, feelings, ideas, perspectives, etc., we KNOW if personal bias and/or presumptions are influencing our thought process. We can then either choose to continue to allow the presumptions to influence us.....or not. If we do not know they are influencing our thought process, we probably cannot do anything about it. So, that is the first step...."know thyself":>)
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To David Hubbard. Sorry I could not comment anywhere else to keep this in sequence.
I am with you and most of your perspectives..."knowing thyself" can be much more than knowing our thoughts, feelings and perspectives...we can be conscious in the present moment...in the NOW we can connect o universal consciousness....this is the source for peace and wisdom, which springs from love. We don't need to believe in a god to experience all of which you insightfully express.
Feb 24 2013: Hello Colleen. I agree with your viewpont to a great extent. However, it can be found that "knowing thyself" can be much more than knowing our thoughts, feelings and perspectives. It can be realized that we are consciuosness in this timeless, present moment. When we are free of time, we are free of thought, which is all time based. In "the Now" we can connect to Universal Consciousness, Source, or whatever designation you may use for the eternal. This is the source of Peace, Wisdom and Love, and the Joy of knowing Oneness with all Life. In the Christian nomeclature; "Be still and know that you are God."Feb 21 2013: Don't make the mistake that mind and body are separate - or indeed that there is any such thing as "soul".
It is all one.
It is true that there are different layers to our organism - have a look at this:
This shows how our identity can rest in various places - and how thought can be mistaken for the autobiographical chatter.
Even beyond brains, the body is also composed of adaptive systems.
But there is no personal "self" beyond the existential loop which orbits your survival.
That loop is adaptive - sense-->percieve-->compare-->evaluate-->act-->repeat.
It might be useful to have fantasies about "spirit" but there is no evidence for it.
Certainly there are probably fields and forces which go beyond the recognised senses, but they will still resolve to experience.
On top of that, there are emergent selves in which we participate - I count "community" as a self, I also count ecology as a self.
These can all be appreciated, but your personal self remains you.
Feb 21 2013: Mitch,
Are you responding to me? To Amily? Neither of us wrote anything about seperating body and mind, and I do not see any reference to "soul" or "spirit".
The topic question is...."Can we think without any presumptions?"
I have no idea where you are trying to go with this.Feb 24 2013: Hi Mitch。Yes ,body and mind are interconnected and so do all the different layers in that loop process you mentioned.Spirit? Why?Feb 24 2013: Hi Mitch; The proof for "the Spirit" is you. It is the invisible, timeless life that makes you different from a dead body. It's what leaves hen we die as a human. There is a limit to human communication. With it, we can exchange viewponts, but we cannot open the mind of another. We can only point. The body/mind complex, is held in place by our imaginary self called ego. It is a human aspect. The being aspect is Life and that is what we essentially are.
Mitch SMith
Feb 22 2013: @colleen
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The reply was to Amily - you can see by the indents.
THese threads run-out of indents, in such cases i use the "@" convention to indicate.
Given that - can you allow Amily to respond for herself?
Feb 22 2013: Thanks for clarifying Mitch. As you well know, everyone and anyone can respond to comments freely:>)Feb 26 2013: @Amily,
Spirit is a difficult word. The best i can do is to reduce it to "awareness". The way i map it is that awareness is distinct from "consciousness"
This seems to satisfy all definitions.
For instance, one can map the synaptic topology in a brain at any given time, but it is not the topology that is thought - it is not even the electro-chemical signal which flows though that topology.
It is the flux of topological potential. Potential beign a propensity for change .. as it becomes change, it discharges from the potential to the actual - creating new potential.
But there's a problem there - thought and consciousness require memory - the balance of the actual to the potential with a specific time-span extending before and after the instant.
So it is useful to maintain the notion of awareness which exists on the very leading edge of teh instant. I argue that all thing manifest have this leading edge - i.e. awareness. So, to me, "spirit" in its most reduced form is the root potential of everything manifest. This includes everthing we regard as physical .. rocks, atoms, sub atomic particles, photions. But it does not include the un-manifest - ghosts, political systems - things that are extrinsic to the experiential self.
Largely agree. Except that "ego" is a construct of teh autobiographical self - it is part of our comunication system .. as far as i can tell, it is not so much the imaginary "agents" that we create but the template which we use to create them .. the "self-image" .. it's an accumulated set of "deltas" - maps from the core self to the autobiographical.
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Feb 26 2013: If thinking is mostly true, then it would follow that our thinking is corrupted. Possibly it would therefore be wise to relate to our limitless being rather than our temporary little self. There must, most surely be a source of the life that we are and this unlimited perfect cosmos. It must one hell of a lot smarter than us.
Einstien said "I only want to see the mind of God. All else is details." Smart old boy.Mar 15 2013: You should read The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn or a summary thereof. In short, assumptions are needed so that specific things can be tested; when enough new and contradictory evidence is gathered assumptions can be adjusted if necessary to allow an increase in the scope of the model's explanatory power. Such a change in assumptions is called a paradigm shift.
scott lee
Mar 15 2013: No. We need presumptions, and it is in our nature to make them. Humans are innately ignorant. Because we have to function without a knowing the true nature of everything around us we make presumptions to cope, and these become the foundations of our beliefs. With reason and observation we can make our beliefs as close to reality as we can, but we will never get there. Without our presumptions we have no framework in which to reason about our experience.
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Mar 15 2013: Scott,
I, and many others do not "need presumptions", nor do I agree that "humans are innately ignorant. If, as you say, we "make presumptions to cope", and "these become the foundations of our beliefs", what happens if/when we change our presumptions?
You say...."we will never get there". I suggest that "there", is "here"...."now". When we live in the moment of "now", the presumptions we have created to "cope" may not be needed. With "reason and observation", we can realize that our presumptions were only created to "cope", and perhaps we can move beyond the coping mechenism of our preconceived presumptions to a more broad view of the life experience. Without our presumptions, we have a much broader, unlimited framework in which to reason and experience:>)
Mar 15 2013: I never said presumptions are set in stone. Beliefs aren't set in stone either and I think its is very healthy to questions ones beliefs and presumptions.
I do however stand by my statement that humans are innately ignorant. I didn't mean to be insulting. Remember, ignorance is simply lack of knowledge. If you are not omniscient, then you are, to some degree, ignorant. My acceptance of my own ignorance is important to my sense of humility.
We all have beliefs that unproven. Some are metaphysical. Is there a reality, or is all of this just a dream? Are other people conscious? Am I conscious? Is there such a thing as free will, and if not what does it mean to be responsible for one's actions?
Others unproven beliefs are responses to questions about people and society. Should I trust the body of knowledge I am taught in school, even though I have not seen the evidence? Should I trust what I'm taught in church? Is it safe to invest in the financial system? Is this person in front of me being honest? Is the cost of education worth it?
We make decisions without the benefit of evidence and proof every day, and we do it by making presumptions. That's what I meant when I said presumptions are a way of coping with ignorance.
Mar 15 2013: Scott,
I totally agree that it is healthy, and desirable in my perception, to question ones beliefs and presumptions. We, as individuals, are as "conscious", mindful and aware as we choose to be.
I stand by my statement that I do not agree that humans are ignorant, because, it is as you say...."ignorance is simply lack of knowledge". If we are willing to question our presumptions and consider new information, what happens to our presumptions? That, to me, is the sticky wicket:>) People get "stuck" in presemptions, do not question them, and live their whole life with the same presumptions.
As you explain your perception now, yes, I agree...presumptions are a way of coping with ignorance. I don't put all humans in that catagory:>)
You will, as an individual, trust whatever information you choose to trust:>)Mar 16 2013: Certain questions can only be answered with presumptions. Also, presumptions can provide a starting point for discussions and debate. Presumptions create our human realities.Mar 9 2013: no thats logic ....the trick to logic is thinking of all assumptions at once
Mar 15 2013: Excellent one sentence answer!
Dan F
Feb 28 2013: Why would you want to think without any presumptions?
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What is the meaning of being educated? Is it not to realize many things in life are black or white, true or false, rational or irrational, etc. My point is presumptions are not necessarily a bad thing or automatically up for dispute. To speak intelligently to someone about a field of study shared is most productive when certain things are considered factual and presumed true.
This is called intelligent interaction. Admittedly some presumptions are more subject to question, but that is a far cry from dismissing all presumptions. I think I understand where you are coming from especially in the soft sciences, but you are making a categorical statement, which I dispute as having value in terms of trying to grasp difficult, or emotional concepts or ideas which may enable some self actualization.
As a young ski instructor I came face to face with the dilemma of getting new skiers to presume certain things in order to do certain things. In this case to be comfortable is not to presume my suggestions, but rely on automatic instincts. Trust me, your instincts can hold you back. True adventure involves presumptions, despite how uncomfortable or seemingly unfair that acknowledgment may be. The results of leaving your comfort zone can truly be enlightening.
Amily shaw
Mar 1 2013: Hi Dan I understand that presumptions are not necessarily bad.But it could sometimes make people fail to to take things as they are as well. Since I realise that "what it is" could be merely another form of not taking it for what it is.
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Interaction is quite a complicated process intelligent or not. Presumptions derive from experience dismiss information goes against it and seek for justifications and even creat reality that in turn reinfores them.Mar 1 2013: Hi Dan and Amily,
I LOVE thinking without presumptions....with the curiosity of a child learning something for the first time. I usually realize what information is "presumption", and can think beyond the presumption to new information if/when appropriate.
I don't see Amily saying that presumptions are a bad thing, I don't observe her "dismissing all presumptions", nor is she making a "categorical statement". She is asking questions, which in my humble perception, is how we get information and move beyond presumptions.
To use your excellent example of skiing Dan.....
I also have been a skier most of my life, and I've experienced the changes in equipment, which facilitates a change is technique. As a young person, I learned to keep the knees and feet tight together...the legs were like one:>) With the new shaped skies, the technique changed and we needed to seperate the skies a bit, while weighting both skies more. I had one friend who COULD NOT adjust to the new equipment. He said he kept crossing his tips!!! He presumed that he could continue with the same technique, even though the equipment was very different, and he could not let go of his presumption/preference so he stopped skiing!
In my perception and experience, true adventure, involves having an open heart and mind unclouded with presumptions, and THAT is leaving your comfort zone, which, as you insightfully say, can be truly enlightening:>)
Dan F
Mar 3 2013: Hi Amily and Coleen,
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I agree that this is the overriding negative connotation of presumptions, but I'm still going to stand my ground. My point is that presumptions not only describes the referenced old lady contention, "nobody is right but me," but individuals of intellectual adventure and achievement as well. Presumptions can be important building blocks to higher learning.
It's our upbringing (religion, etc.,) that tend to smother the thought process because it can impact our sense of curiosity which is vital to being open minded, willing and able to think things over. This may be more personal than generally recognized, but I associate presumptions with the thought process. It is not enough to be open minded you must also be experimental and receptive to new knowledge, ideas, suppositions, etc.
Implicit in developing an intellect is having ideas, views, etc., It's what makes us more interesting - well hopefully. I certainly have bias and my share of presumptions, but I'd like to think I can defend my reasons for having them.
Mar 3 2013: Hi Dan,
I'm not sure what "ground" you are standing. I agree that "Presumptions can be important building blocks to higher learning." That is what I've been saying right along:>)
It all depends on being more....or less....conscious of a thought being a presumption/bias.
I agree that information given to us by parents, society, religions, etc. impacts our curiosity, sometimes stifles an open mind, and often forms our presumptions/biases.Feb 26 2013: It is important to realize that we first have to reflect on thinking, as an attempt to feel the boundary of the ballon - we are in - from the inside! First of all our thinking refers to different experiences, if you ask someone "Whar do you think about thos---?" some would give a feeling, some would give an emotion, some would give an idea, some would give a theory , some would quote Shakespeare. Thinking is a proces that embodies feeling, bodily processes (like neuro movements, muscle contraction, heart beat, sweating, hormons, stomach recation etc.) and so called mental processes. It is so connected to our neuro body that we are completely mislead by our acustomed Cartesian mind body models. As long as we use these mechanical concepts it is no use. People will say "I know that all" but instaneously think in res cogitans like ways. Our body is so involved in our thinking that the whole separation of mind and body is obsolete. Thoughts that we have in our system, are connecetd to our awardsystems that produces endorphines. Thoughts are like habits that want to be repeated. (see David Bohm)They reach that by their endorphine strategy. Most of the time you think you are thinking, you basically repeat thoughts (past tense of thinking) , while they give you the impression you actively think them!! Real thinking is done in good dialog not in discussion or debate , you can also learn to observe your thinking. Thirdly presumptions are essential in our live, We have to many possibilities to leave things open. Our image and knowledge of the world is based on presumptions. The point is that most of the time we do not investigate our presumptions. If i say that you have to live a life that makes you happy, then we have a lot of presumptions, which rest on presumption and so on. We will find out some core presumptions which we agree or disagree on, or which we like or dislike. Culture is the organisation of our innerworld, it consist of assumptions: lets dialog good ones!Feb 26 2013: I love questions like this :-)
Before we begin, do we know what thinking means? Or do we think we know?
OK, *presuming* that we know what thinking means... scratch, scratch...
"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth." Alan WattsFeb 26 2013: No. We all need a framework to understand the universe.
Feb 26 2013: Who says we need a framework to understand Walter? I find the framework (presumptions) of conventional wisdom to be sometimes limiting. When we think outside the box (framework) we sometimes get a LOT more information and can understand more. Thinking and feeling beyond our established presumptions is much more interesting....in my humble experience... It's always a choice. I prefer to let go of presumptions, think outside the established framework of conventional wisdom, and explore other possibilities:>)
Satya Mamidi
Feb 26 2013: I think it is good to have presumptions*. (conditions apply)
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We should make assumption based on our past experiences. Iff the assumptions are logically correct, it is good to have those.


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THE BEST SERVERS in town don't always have to sport a starched, white, button-up shirt, drape a white towel over an arm, and speak in affected tones to prove their worth. In fact, there's an art to waiting tables in restaurants that lie at the other end of the dining spectrum—coffee-and-a-slice-of-pie diners; hectic, kid-friendly pasta joints; even rowdy tapas restaurants. Hence our pick for this year's Waiter of the Year: Courtney Wilson-Gorham. Wife of chef John Gorham (see p. 122), Wilson-Gorham heads up the dining room at Toro Bravo: Every night she's taking drink or food orders for 60 or 70 diners, with each table ordering 5, 10, maybe even more dishes at a time from a menu of some 50 items. Of course, she's got the help of a cadre of other servers, but it's Wilson-Gorham who always seems to be doing most of the heavy lifting.
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Two years late, give a warm hug to a million brain cells short.
In 2010, we set up an interview with the Syrian leader's wife, Asma al-Assad, a Western-educated former banker and a woman with a reputation as a force for reform in the Middle East. Like many at that time, we were hopeful that the Assad regime would be open to a more progressive society. Subsequent to our interview, as the terrible events of the past year and a half unfolded in Syria, it became clear that its priorities and values were completely at odds with those of Vogue. The escalating atrocities in Syria are unconscionable, and we deplore the actions of the Assad regime in the strongest possible terms.
Shorter Nuclear Wintour: Sorry I believed the Assad Regime's bullshit and then published it verbatim in my bubble-headed fashion magazine.
I know Anna Banana put out this little half-assed apology back in June, but it's become a tad more interesting given that the Vogue Meanie-In-Chief may be getting a new job.
There's a rumor in Washington that the United Kingdom may soon be welcoming a very stylish emissary. According to a report by Bloomberg News, Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of Vogue magazine, is being considered by President Obama for the prestigious post of U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
I know a lot of us wanna tee off on this Ambassador Wintour thing like it's a huge outrage. It's understandable; I kinda wanna go ballistic too. But the more I think about it, the more I think this more annoying than anything else.
After all, what is an ambassador, really? I know we'd like to think of them as thoughtful diplomats who understand all the foreign-type gobbledeegook that the rest of us forgot in World Cultures class. Unfortunately, a person usually gets the job because she donated the biggest chunk of cash to the winning presidential candidate. The late Christopher Stevens seems to have been one of the few ambassadors who actually understood the language, customs and culture of the country he was assigned.
More importantly, an ambassador's job involves kissing ass. This isn't a quality one would normally associate with Anna Wintour. But think about it this way: If Vogue and Wintour can figure out a way to grovel in front of Dictatorette Asma Al-Assad, surely striking an obsequious pose for England shouldn't be too difficult.
So yeah, floating the Wintour ambassadorship trial balloon is indicative of the Obama Administration's habitual unseriousness. It's governance by D-List niche celebrity, of the type President SolidGold Wonderful seems particularly fond of. Oh well. It's Barry's presidency and I guess he's allowed to run it like an America's Next Top Model episode.
Besides, if we're going to get annoyed over something here, how about the injustice of poor mistreated Sarah Jessica Parker not getting her own ambassadorship?
More, Slightly Related Kinda: Here's a picture of Anna Wintour's favorite power-couple taking in the Parthenon, in Athens Greece.
Even Better: Here's Jim Geraghty.
I suppose we're expected to believe Wintour has distinguished credentials, qualifying her to represent the United States to one of its closest allies, beyond her political affiliation or contribution. And I suppose we're also to believe that Anna Wintour has risen to the standard of proven excellence in the U.S. State Department's mission in representing this country abroad.
Never mind Wintour being the most-qualified person to be our next ambassador to the U.K. or France; she's probably not even the most qualified Obama bundler for the job.
Just like Joe Biden is the smartest most able vice-president Barack Obama could've picked.
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Unfortunately, a person usually gets the job because she donated the biggest chunk of cash to the winning presidential candidate.
The level of reward depends on the nation. Any Western European embassy is a top prize with England and France being at the tippy-top. The more third-world and the more anti-US, the more the ambassador's position becomes an actual job.
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Nov 22, 2007
What kind of NXT book would YOU like to see?
There's a lot of NXT-related books out there already and more are to be expected.
Some of them are targeted particularly at NXT beginners (like The Mayan Adventure, the Zoo! book or the NXT Orange Book), some to more advanced users (as The Da Vinci Inventions Book or Extreme NXT), some are collections of NXT robots of different complexity and how to build and program them (The Idea Book, Creating Cool MINDSTORMS Robots and the Inventor's Guide, for instance), and finally some are dedicated to a particular aspect of the NXT universe (e.g. the NXT-G Programming Guide, NXT Power Programming or Maximum Lego NXT) - feel free to correct me if I'm wrong with these classifications.
Yet, if you could wish for a NXT book written particularly for you - how would that very book look like? What topics should it deal with? Which kind of robots (if any) would you like to see in there? How should it be organized?
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- haupz said...
I'd love to see a book on NXT firmware hacking. Honestly.
- Nov 22, 2007, 9:30:00 PM
I now have 4 NXT books so honestly, I can't think of any other book I need for a beginner. The "Inventor's Guide" is perfect for a beginner and the robots are appealing to kids.
- Nov 23, 2007, 12:26:00 AM
- Krishna Kumar said...
I know the FLL missions change every year. But I would like to see a book designed for coaches and mentors and maybe the teams on:
- robot ideas
- arm/attachment ideas
- how to work as a team, strategies for dividing work
- tips for mentors on training kids
- how to select missions (points vs complexity)
Another book idea: NXT for home security or automation. Projects you can use at home like NXT with camera for monitoring. NXT with a broom for cleaning. NXT to interact with pets or feed them.
- Nov 23, 2007, 12:29:00 AM
Kelly wrote a workbook for FLL teams. http://www.cafepress.com/thenxtstep.173374563
- Nov 23, 2007, 1:27:00 AM
- Mike said...
Thank-you for the opportunity to comment on this topic. I have every NXT book or have it on order.
I believe something we DON'T need is a book that introduces the NXT, explains the history, describes the sensors, or explains the NXT-G language. These topics have been done and done again very well with the books already available.
I would like to see more robots that use the sensors that did not comes with the basic NXT kit. "Extreme NXT" started on this topic by how to make some fantastic sensors on your own. So, how about some more robots with the great sensors (and great-looking) HiTechnic products? This has only been briefly touched on by the fine "Power Programming" and "Maximum" books and is a largely untouched area.
Thanks again!
- Nov 23, 2007, 2:35:00 AM
I ordered a copy of this yesterday but probably won't get it for a week or more. I don't know much about it but is from the same writer of the Mayan book.
Katie R.
New Hampshire
- Nov 23, 2007, 2:38:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Katie is referring to Jim's Compass Sensor Experiments (the URL was clipped by the blogger web page, so I made a real link from it).
- Nov 23, 2007, 2:47:00 AM
- Team Brick said...
more advanced programming on NXT-g, stuff like state machines, true dynamic programming such as active sensing and all that stuff. Make good use of those advanced add-ons like equations and the other sensors available by hitechnic
- Nov 23, 2007, 4:35:00 AM
i would be very interested in seeing a book on vision and video apps for nxt.
- Nov 24, 2007, 7:33:00 AM
So far I only have 3 NXT books, so I am not sure if the book I am looking for already exists. I always enjoyed learning from the "Algorithms in (pick your language)" books. What I am looking for might be a collection of the best My Block subroutines that could be used to solve common tasks. Maybe the book would be NXT Design Patterns and cover common construction as well as programming tips.
Hobby Robots.
- Nov 25, 2007, 4:42:00 AM
- Kevin said...
We don't have the NXT set yet, just RCX. We particularly liked the book
Building Robots with Lego Mindstorms:
since it has solid engineering advice, not just "follow the instructions". I think the authors have an NXT edition of the book out, but I haven't seen it.
- Nov 26, 2007, 12:14:00 AM
I'd like to see a book with instructions for building the top robots from FLL published each year. With programming instructions. Who knows, FLL could make some money on this!
- Nov 26, 2007, 4:33:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Kevin, for the NXT version of the Ferrari Brothers' ingenious book, have a look at here.
- Nov 26, 2007, 7:34:00 PM


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No, no, not Sinterklass. I've been there when he's arrived with his 'helpers'. Christmas starts really early in the Netherlands.
These are (if I remember correctly) local people who get elected and they wear a pointy wizard type hat. You see posters of them in people's windows with (I presume) the equivilent of Vote Joe Bloggs.
Maybe it's a Limburg thing.
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I also have the Microsoft Touch Mouse. The "new" Mouse and Keyboard Center did more harm than good to several of my systems [one of the few updates that I immediately disable in Windows Update now], so I reverted to the original driver for the Touch Mouse (IntelliPoint) which still works like a charm. You may want to try it out - the last version is 8.2.
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Ah I remember those when I tried Win8, but didn't they replace the old gestures and were aimed heavily at Metro?
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