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On the TV show The Office, Michael Scott said, “There is no way of knowing what goes on inside the tiger’s head. We don’t have the technology.” Maybe we need to develop the technology. What type of device might allow us to do that? Remember that wired-helmet apparatus that the mad scientist was going to use to switch the mind of a chicken with the mind of Bugs Bunny? Something like that? Maybe we could hook the helmet up to a TV monitor. That might be the ticket. You would put on the headphones, watch the screen, and "know" what it was like to be in the mind of another. This would be great for married couples. We could get the divorce rate down. Or maybe it would go up. I wonder.
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Re: Tiger's mind
Sat, January 27, 2007 - 5:30 PMIt's an interesting idea. But I am afraid it wouldn't really work.
If two people see smell and experience the same thing, it's still different due to past influences..
If you see a rose your reaction will differ from a biologist, a poet, or a cook.
We color our universe with our own perspective.
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Re: Tiger's mind
Sun, January 28, 2007 - 8:00 PMI love The Office!!!!
I've often wondered what goes on inside my rabbit's minds....specially when they are growling and fighting like little Tasmanian Devils! -
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Re: Tiger's mind
Sun, January 28, 2007 - 9:45 PMSpinning so fast they look like little whirlwinds with long floppy ears and the occasional fluffy tail sticking out! So much of what we know about animals is colored by cartoons. According to the philosopher Paul Shepard, youngsters in 5-10 year old range have a natural fascination in wild animals that is only unsatisfactorily met by Barney, Beanie Babies, and Big Bird. Shepard claims that these kids need contact with the "others" to psychologically set them up for the socialization period of adolescence. Maybe this lack of a crucial step in development explains a lot of the maladjustment we see in modern Americans.
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