Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music

[David Kastrup]

Marc Mouries <address@hidden> writes:

> On 3/25/2011 5:17 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
>> David,
>>
>>> Again: staring into the sun is not overstimulation since it is not
>>> overloading the sensors with content but rather blocking them.  Looking
>>> into the sun can't be characterized as "I am seeing too much".
>> There's clearly a semantic misunderstanding here, and it doesn't
>> look like it's clearing up.
>> Regardless of the word used -- or who's using it backwards -- the
>> point is that kids today are apparently less sensitive to stimulus
>> than they used to be.
>>
>> Kieren.
> Of course. We are overstimulated so it becomes the norm. Then to get
> stimulated the level of stimulation has to be raised.

That is sort of mixing up medium and content.  People crank up the
medium because there is no content.  That drowns out the sensors but
does not deliver actual stimulus.

> Just think about a subject like nudity where the level of stimulation
> raised from seeing an ankle to a knee, ... or a neck, and shorten the
> length of skirts over time ;-)

We are talking about a nude beach here.  Nudity is merely the backdrop,
not something which you let shine through in various degrees.

-- 
David Kastrup