Thursday, September 11, 2008

Ambiguity 2


A person's choice words might be copied or crafted - that is, any particular string of words might be mimi-cry or original. Both the person's ability and perspective differ when either copied or crafted.

Example: During class, a student analyzes a passage from a novel.

Copy: She read the analysis in a commentary and shares it with the class.
Crafted: She thought about the material carefully the night before and came to a conclusion.

In the latter scenario, the content springs forth from intuition.
In the former scenario, the content springs toward its regurgitator, the student.

In this sense, the perspective differs because one is intimate while the other is authoritative (like the authoritative dictionary i.e. definitive, but only in the sense of how one regards it, not how it defines other things).

The ability differs from the web of understandings that gives those choice words creation.

When intimate, the understanding has developed naturally, so its supporting web can be used to further communication/understanding with others.

When authoritative, the understanding has developed artificially (from without), so its supporting intuitions are more likely to contradict other webs of understanding because it is categorized under "knowledge" rather than discovery. I coin this latter discovery-knowledge as knoacovery (pronounced na-covery) [na like "baa" sheep].

This assumes an understanding, which may not be the case in either. A better word for copy might be "inmitate," and the bastard form of "copy" can be called "regurgitation."

Also, I don't know whether this holds for all actions or just words (read: particularly for words).

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