Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site peora.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!drutx!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!peora!jer From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Re: "The Invisible Partners" (digression) Message-ID: <1448@peora.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 22:24:27 EDT Article-I.D.: peora.1448 Posted: Wed Aug 7 22:24:27 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 05:10:21 EDT References: <2135@pucc-h>, <230@bbncc5.UUCP> <2155@pucc-h>, <1719@mnetor.UUCP> <2173@pucc-h> Organization: Perkin-Elmer SDC, Orlando, Fl. Lines: 26 > I think part of the problem here is that I, and probably most people, grow > on sort of a sawtooth graph... I think this is one of the fundamental truths about the human learning process. However, I would say it differently; I think that people learn by successive approximations. You see this in many things: people adopt some new, fairly extreme personal philosophy; they find it has some shortcomings, so they go to the other extreme and try that; eventually they more and more tend to balance out. You can see this in politics, also: thus, a few years ago, America was all in support of a kind, "down-home" farmer for President; but they decided that didn't work, so they decided to support a firm, no-nonsense figure from the other political party... I am not sure politics necessarily refines itself in the long run, though. I tend to suspect that people do, although new generations, who do not have the benefit of seeing the opposite side of these back-and-forth swings, tend to perpetuate the cyclic changes by their enthusiasm for the currently popular view of things. I suspect the individuals in a society tend, over time, to achieve a general sort of moderation, though, if they continue to grow and evolve (rather than stopping at some point -- though I think that tends to be common, too). -- Shyy-Anzr: J. Eric Roskos UUCP: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!peora!jer US Mail: MS 795; Perkin-Elmer SDC; 2486 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809-7642