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From: Tim Carey
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 00:00

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[From Tim Carey (990505.0815)]


>[From Rick Marken (990503.1450)]


>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.


This is a wonderful example of what my current understanding of
countercontrol is. This almost seems to be saying Rick that you weren't able
to coerce your daughter because she change what she was controlling for.

Cheers,

Tim

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