This week, Courtenay Turner and I discussed Gestalt Psychology- a field of science which many have falsely been led to believe is something akin to a transhumanist tool of enslavement.
My son and daughter contrast two different methods of learning. My daughter had us helping her around by the arm so as to move about upright for over a month before walking by herself. My son one year younger would occasionally stand up and walk a step or two and sit down, happy with crawling faster and faster. Then one day he could walk on his own. He actually started walking by himself a month earlier in age. The same with reading. My daughter spent much effort learning the alphabet and trying to sound out words before she began reading early in kindergarten. My son cared less about the alphabet but began reading about the same time into kindergarten. I thought of this as the difference in reductionist learning and gestalt learning styles. My daughters style was much better suited for the educational program in her public school and made much better consistent grades. Her homework was always turned in on time. Hit or miss with my son's homework. My son's intuitional style did ok for him in subjects he was interested in. I don't think one of them was more intelligent than the other. My daughter's style made the system work for her. My son agrees with my conspiratorial bias but my daughter refuses to talk to me about my observations of the system. Guess which one got the covid shot.
You mentioned C.S. Lewis during your talk with MizTurner. Only recently I have learned that C.S. Lewis speaks of a man named George MacDonald as his master in in the work of Christian Apology. George MacDonald (1824-1905) is a Scottish clergyman who had little sympathy for the leadership of organized denominational Christianity. During his career as a churchman, G.M.stayed on the outs with Presbyterians, Anglicans, Lutherans, Calvinists and Catholics.
I bought a hard copy of MacDonald's "Unspoken Sermons." Other than the Bible itself, "Unspoken Sermons" is the most compelling expostulation against the traditions of organized religion I've ever read. It is stunning. Here's a link to "Unspoken Sermons." Holding the book in your hand is better...
Frederick Fritz Perls once said that the German Jews (and he was one of them) who perished in the Nazi Camps only died because they could not leave their property behind even when all the danger signs were flashing red. Just by saying that he probably jeopardized having a chummy relationship with Sigmund's followers I suppose.
Interesting. I only was aware of the visual perception aspect of GP, which I have been taught in a course about making user interfaces (for devices or software) that aren't confusing, and stuff like that.
My son and daughter contrast two different methods of learning. My daughter had us helping her around by the arm so as to move about upright for over a month before walking by herself. My son one year younger would occasionally stand up and walk a step or two and sit down, happy with crawling faster and faster. Then one day he could walk on his own. He actually started walking by himself a month earlier in age. The same with reading. My daughter spent much effort learning the alphabet and trying to sound out words before she began reading early in kindergarten. My son cared less about the alphabet but began reading about the same time into kindergarten. I thought of this as the difference in reductionist learning and gestalt learning styles. My daughters style was much better suited for the educational program in her public school and made much better consistent grades. Her homework was always turned in on time. Hit or miss with my son's homework. My son's intuitional style did ok for him in subjects he was interested in. I don't think one of them was more intelligent than the other. My daughter's style made the system work for her. My son agrees with my conspiratorial bias but my daughter refuses to talk to me about my observations of the system. Guess which one got the covid shot.
You mentioned C.S. Lewis during your talk with MizTurner. Only recently I have learned that C.S. Lewis speaks of a man named George MacDonald as his master in in the work of Christian Apology. George MacDonald (1824-1905) is a Scottish clergyman who had little sympathy for the leadership of organized denominational Christianity. During his career as a churchman, G.M.stayed on the outs with Presbyterians, Anglicans, Lutherans, Calvinists and Catholics.
I bought a hard copy of MacDonald's "Unspoken Sermons." Other than the Bible itself, "Unspoken Sermons" is the most compelling expostulation against the traditions of organized religion I've ever read. It is stunning. Here's a link to "Unspoken Sermons." Holding the book in your hand is better...
https://www.online-literature.com/george-macdonald/unspoken-sermons/1/
Frederick Fritz Perls once said that the German Jews (and he was one of them) who perished in the Nazi Camps only died because they could not leave their property behind even when all the danger signs were flashing red. Just by saying that he probably jeopardized having a chummy relationship with Sigmund's followers I suppose.
Interesting. I only was aware of the visual perception aspect of GP, which I have been taught in a course about making user interfaces (for devices or software) that aren't confusing, and stuff like that.
NB: typo - "...the revolutionary discoveries science occuring...." < discoveries in science
Very interesting.