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SDS Theory, Knowledge
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0505 - Summary/Objective
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050601 - Followed up work at ref SDS 14 line 48, ref SDS 13 line 56, at ref DIP 2 line 27.
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0509 - Ralph L. Holloway, Ph.D.
0510 - Evolution of Brain and Behavior      212 854 4570
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051101 - Left another message for Ralph to call back.  He may be in classes,
051102 - since he indicated another semester has started, ref SDS 13 line 56.
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0514 - 0716 Ralph called back
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051501 - Do the papers in explaining how the mind functions, seem consistent
051502 - with his work?
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051504 -     Ralph said he has looked at the papers.  He feels it is outside
051505 -     his area of interest.  He said he cuts up and measures brains.
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051507 -     Ralph said he disagrees in some respects with my point that
051508 -     evolution is slow.  He feels it can be "fast" then nothing occurs
051509 -     for a long time.  He seemed to agree with my point though that
051510 -     change in the human brain has not been rapid in the past five
051511 -     thousand years or so.
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051513 -     He feels I may be correct in the thesis that the human mind has
051514 -     created an environment that is much different from the environment
051515 -     that shaped the functioning of the brain.
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051517 -         Comment
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051519 -         I did not ask what "fast" means.  10K years instead of
051520 -         millions?
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051522 -         I wonder if his work suggests that the brain may be due for an
051523 -         evolutionary jump.
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051525 - He liked the passage that describes POIMS as paying homage to poetry
051526 - which evolved to help people remember through rhyme and meter, ref OF
051527 - 2 line 552. He said he underlined this, and mentioned that only a
051528 - gifted few can make a living from singing and poetry.  He seemed to
051529 - indicate he has made some comments in the margin of the document.
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051531 - Ralph said he has a sick family member and he has four technical
051532 - journals to edit.
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051534 - I asked if he would send his comments.  Simply run it through the copy
051535 - machine and mail it.  He said he will do this, but maybe not for
051536 - awhile because he is so busy.
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051538 - Ralph suggested I contact William (Bill) Calvin in at the University
051539 - of Washington in Seattle.  He said Bill has written on this subject
051540 - and so may be interested in reading my material.
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0518 - 1324 called Bill Calvin
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051901 - I called UW in 1990 about an article in the SF Examiner that cited an
051902 - experiment at UW English class on critical writing, per ref SDS 1 line
051903 - 59.
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051905 - University of Washington
051906 - English Department
051907 - 206 543 2100  general
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051909 - Bill Calvin's office:   206 543 1648
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051911 -    Receptionist said this is his wife's number.  She works out of the
051912 -    University lab.  She said that Bill works solely from his home:
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051916 - Called Bill at home.
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051918 - He said he is not interested in these ideas any more.
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