Guest guest Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 ,Here's a link to explain the term tesseract. /www.cofc.edu/~kasmana/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf41Daneka From: Daneka Wheeler <danekawyahoo (DOT) com>Subject: Re: [aspires-relationsh ips] Tasteless jokes, and the compulsion to tell themTo: aspires-relationshi psyahoogroups (DOT) comDate: Friday, 23 May, 2008, 7:28 PM Thanks for such a thoughtful answer to the question. I've been thinking about it a lot since reading it. I'm swamped at the moment with a remodeling chore, but I just wanted to hop on and say thanks. Also, I inserted a question or two below.-- non As or auidotiry-visual thinkers tend to be taught and are content with building up little chains of information. letters build words, words build sentences , into paragrahs, books and stories. we are all taught this. non AS tend to be happy with keeping these small chains of information in little discerete packets side by side, building them up as pieces of accumulated wisdom and knowledge. All these chains of information can be held in a box and this box is called memory and experience. now...these bits of information are seperate to each other, laying side by side, un connected and not related. Daneka here: not in my own case, unless I don't understand fully what you're saying. Everything is connected and related, but not sequencially. me here: yes daneeka you employ words , made of individual letters or words you have many collections of memories, short and medium linkages. but you would never have a full lengthlinkages of all your experiences available at will to recall from, in a connected linear fashion. My own style of thinking seeks to have one long, continuous unbroken chain...eevrthing is linked to everything else in a top to bottom manner a long unbroken chain. i hear a story about a fat woman and a dietician and an irishman in a bar i will link this to the time i am in a bar with a fat woman, an irishman and a dietician... it doesnt happen often but when it does, i can scroll along this chain and pick up the relevant piece of information an dlink them together. if i have one chain of memory and it is linear, how do i do this? side links. the chain in my head is one chain but i can fold it over and around and make links to the dietician i met in 2007 the irishman i met in 2000 and the fat girl i met in 1988. once thoose links ar made i have " resonance" i have made a connections. ..almost instantly. Daneka: reminds of the "tesseract" in a Wrinkle in Time me here: dont know it, can you expand? then the conversation turns to hunting dogs, world war 2 and vietnam and i make another connection between these three criteria. Daneka: Many have said that they tell inappropriate jokes repeatedly. Wouldn't a punch in the nose a few years back (sorry again Ian) become one of the links in the chain, a memory, a data point, to be brought forth the next time you're about to tell the same joke? Wouldn't the context come with it? me here: yes.....and no. people will learn but if you fall of a horse you dont walk home, you get back on dont you? able to link seemingly unrelated events in my memory to make sense of them, rapidly and with no willingness to regard the rules of social ettiquette ( im thinkign hard here, concentrating to do this DO NOT INTERRUPT) Daneka: This I understand very well. If my husband is asked a question, he works very hard to give an honest answer and forgets where he is. So, when the husband of his new research assistant asked how his wife was working out, he gave a thoughtful and full report - sadly, negative and he had never said this information earlier to her. In addition to social etiquette, he will overstep boundaries on privacy, and will say things that he shouldn't about people who spoke to him in confidence. He feels terrible afterwards. Are you saying that the mental exertion to come up with the answer - evaluating the entire chain - leaves no room for "context?" I don't mean tiring, just intense. once i have done this i suddenly see " you" in front of me, i realise the need to respond to....what is being conversed about and i will....stilll half in the " zone" blurt out my connections. Daneka here: But wouldn't past experience come with it? Even if the past connection were: blurting out my "resonance" before has gotten me in trouble. me here: it does daneeka, it does....but it doesnt either. you learn to be quiet, withdraw and avoid interaction with others...when forced you revert to talking about what you know about, if forced off track you tend to revert to memory, and blurting out whats on your mind. offensive when you hear me say it. fascinating when you understand the theory behind it. it can be described as a 3 dimensional construct of all experiences in my life, knowledge books and movies made to link together instantaneously. Daneka: This I'm sure this is also related to AS memory. My husband's memory is amazing. If he read something, he won't forget it - no matter how complex, including footnotes in academic papers. He could also tell you if the author took an inconsistent position two years later. Yet, he forgets everyday things all of the time. I do need to run. I hope you're up for more of this because I think this explanation unlocks understanding across many different arenas. Daneka, grateful 36 m diagnosed AS > Recent Activity 2 New MembersVisit Your Group Yahoo! Health Asthma Triggers How you can identify them. Meditation and Lovingkindness A Yahoo! Group to share and learn. Healthy Living Learn to live life to the fullest on Yahoo! Groups. .. Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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