<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Sandie / everyone,</div><div>Did you receive the text, if so, what do you think? May I suggest that there should be opportunities for e-discussion considering the distance some members have to travel. It's doubtful everyone can attend Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week. To include everyone, decision making about meetings should involve group consensus, either face-to-face or electronically. This doesn't appear to be happening.</div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Alan</div><div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 30 Sep 2012, at 09:55, "Sandie Stratford" <<a href="mailto:sandiestrat@phonecoop.coop">sandiestrat@phonecoop.coop</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi all</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">David, the text Alan refers to didn't seem to have
reached my inbox. Can you re-send, please?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Sandie</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b>From:</b>
<a title="agurbutt@socialsciencecentre.org.uk" href="mailto:agurbutt@socialsciencecentre.org.uk">Alan Gurbutt</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="davidmcaleavey@virginmedia.com" href="mailto:davidmcaleavey@virginmedia.com">'David McAleavey'</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Cc:</b> <a title="ssc@lists.aktivix.org" href="mailto:ssc@lists.aktivix.org">ssc@lists.aktivix.org</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 30, 2012 12:18
AM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [SSC] 22.09.2012 Meeting.
The chair offers a text aboutthinking about decision making.</div>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal">Hi David,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal">The paper on eroding the
boundaries of cognition is very interesting. Can we discuss in more detail
at some point?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal">Embodied cognition through
behaviour, body and environmental synergies are posteriori. It has been
noted since the 40s that environments play the greatest role for learning
and that all people are capable of living a good life subject to appropriate
stimulation. I reject the notion completely that children have innate ‘g’. I
would like to explore cognition away from localisation, externally, within
groups, as opposed to within a closed system.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal">It is noted in the article
that motor systems are linked to language. This chimes with contemporary
neuroscience in which the whole brain is involved with language production
and understanding (I will dig out references if we are to explore in more
detail). This knowledge extends to the ‘100’ languages of learning Michael
Fielding talks about which are used in the Italian school, Reggio Emilia.
<br><br>I would challenge the notion that social interaction is not
proscribed a priori through exploration, beyond science that is. As a
Christian, I often try to think beyond knowledge. In other words, I try to
think about the concept of consciousness, to ask the question: what is
language? What is language at its lowest possible mathematical level? We
can’t as yet answer this question. I think for me, at this moment in time,
it’s about breaking down human interaction into its constituent parts, how
we interact with each other. The latter, like the brain, is malleable and,
for some, spiritual. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal">There are more connections in
the human brain than there are stars in the universe. According to Carl
Sagan (1977), problems and solutions for humanity lie within the
extra-evolution of the human brain. Breaking down human interaction into
constituent parts could help to reduce the effects of <em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">hierarchical</span></em> systems. Just an idea!
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal">Alan
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> David McAleavey
<<a href="mailto:davidmcaleavey@virginmedia.com">davidmcaleavey@virginmedia.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b>
22 September 2012 21:10:28 BST<br><b>To:</b> ssc <<a href="mailto:ssc@lists.aktivix.org">ssc@lists.aktivix.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b>
<b>[SSC] 22.09.2012 Meeting. The chair offers a text about thinking about
decision making.</b><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks again to all of you who contributed at today's
meeting.<o:p></o:p></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to share a text with you (especially section
3: <em>Breaking down boundaries between animals</em>). <o:p></o:p></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope it's relevance will be obvious to those of you who
attended today... if it isn't ( and I know that I have an uncommonly
divergent cognitive style - what seems 'obvious' to me may well be
obscure/bizarre to others), apologies, and let's talk about it over a coffee
at Angel on Tuesday 2 October.<o:p></o:p></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Respectfully yours,<o:p></o:p></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">David<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote>
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