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From: Rick Marken
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 00:00

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[From Rick Marken (990503.1450)]

Bruce Nevin (990503.1243 EDT)--

> this is too delicious not to share.

> In this way the mayor of the town, or whoever, leads the mind
> reader directly to the house

I found Feynman's "mind reading" story several years ago and was
startled by it's understanding of the nature of intention. I even
tried it with my daughter (I was the mind reader). The problem is
that the person you lead has to really be controlling for you
going in the right direction. My daughter apparently caught on
to what was going on right away (she could tell I was jiggling
her hand) and so she just pushed back no matter what. She was
definitely _not_ controlling for me getting to the target.

Best

Rick
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Richard S. Marken                 Phone or Fax:  310 474-0313
Life Learning Associates          e-mail: rmarken@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~rmarken/

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