tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post4316161269908468406..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Although I Meant to Call My Wife...gcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-56393543712952709672012-11-20T01:05:32.730-05:002012-11-20T01:05:32.730-05:00About a month ago a woman came up to me and asked ...About a month ago a woman came up to me and asked me to help her find her car, which she remembered parking by a fountain and some construction. I couldn't think of a fountain or any construction anywhere within several blocks, so finally, hopelessly, I pointed her in the direction of a courtyard where you could conceivably have put a fountain, but there was none I could recall. After sending her off, I realized that no only was there no fountain, but the courtyard was an enclosed pedestrian area with no place to park. I felt terrible for accidentally and stupidly misleading her.<br /><br />A week later, I was walking through the courtyard. And I noticed a fountain -- it had probably been there all along, but this was the first time I remembered it spurting. The far end of the courtyard was ripped up by construction. And at the far end of the construction there was...streetside parking.<br /><br />So: my *intention* was to give her accurate directions, but even as I gave directions I didn't think they could be right, and on *reflection* I was sure they were wrong. But they turned out to be right *in experience.* I felt like I'd walked into a Camus story.<br /><br />In fact, all I'd done was demonstrate the superiority of logical deduction over memory. Although I had no recollection of the fountain and didn't think of the courtyard as a parking area, my deduction that it was the only place nearby where you could have a fountain turned out to be accurate. Still, quite eerie.Daniel McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07151051165704452294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-71680028853004648712012-11-19T15:22:24.294-05:002012-11-19T15:22:24.294-05:00Yeah there are some neat ones like this for "...Yeah there are some neat ones like this for "justified true belief" too.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.com