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Subject: Re: More concerning Fritz5

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 16:29:50 04/11/98

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On April 11, 1998 at 19:12:09, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>>Again, I do need evidence before saying A better than B, etc. Before
>>saying someone is cheating I need evidence too. Not so eccentric, is it,
>>to claim that data is a required condition in any experimental field.
>>
>>Enrique
>
>It is known that decisions made by humans, also logical decisions, do
>request for emotional centres in the brain, before they were done.
>
>If you cut the way (clinical cases) to these emotional centres (or block
>them by a trauma) you cannot decide rational.
>
>You will decide logically, but irrational.
>
>You cannot interpet data without emotions. If you do so, you are not
>objective but crazy.
>There is no objectiveness. We all claim and interprete data.
>We all need data, thats true.

FINALLY!!!

Thorsten: in my poor Spanglish I tried to be precise. Above I was saying
data is a "required" condition, not a "sufficient" condition. Then you
must analyze it and reach conclusions, of course. I am not sure it's an
emotional process though. From now on I think we have a semantic
problem, no more. Unless you try to prove things with unconclusive data.

> But the data isn't OUT THERE. It comes
>using the minds. Or do you have a serial-interface in your body ??
>Your minds cannot offer the brain the data to compute on it without
>emotions.
>
>Read Damasio or Kant to understand.

No idea about Damasio. Who is he? Kant I read many years ago. Now I am
more in the Sherlock Holmes mood.

>If you believe that you could interpret data without changing them, if
>you believe you could objectively tell us about the world,

Come on, come on, you shouldn't invent your opponents in order to argue
with them.

> than you are
>a) god

That was a long time ago...

>and / or
>b) crazy.

Not quite. :(

Enrique



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