[Martin Taylor 2007.08.26.12.26]
[Kenny Kitzke (2007.08.26)]
I also perceive some confusion between resolving internal conflict and reducing internal error and how the RS and/or the HPCS functions for each. I understand that error can be reduced by changing what is perceived (by action) or by changing the reference (by the upper level). So, I see MOL as a relevant method for reducing error.
However, I understood internal conflict as arising when two references cannot be simultaneously perceived no matter what action is taken within the HPCS. I would include MOL in this futile attempt. Hence, the RS must come into action to alter the HPCS itself.
It's that "no matter what action is taken within the hierarchy" that's causing your dilemma. The conflict is at one particular level in the hierarchy. If at a higher level there is a way to control its perception by other means, then the conflict can vanish.
Imagine a trivial example. I have a leaky pen. I want to write a note, for which I would use the pen, but I also do not want to get my fingers inky. That's an irreconcilable conflict, as stated, since I either cannot write the note or I cannot keep my fingers from getting inky. But suppose that there is another pen at hand. I stop controlling for perceiving myself to be using the first pen, and start controlling for perceiving myself to be using the second. The conflict goes away. I write the note and keep my fingers clean.
That shift isn't reorganization, at least not if you have previously known about the possibility of using different implements for writing notes (it would be, if this was the first time you had ever encountered the question of writing a note without using that particular leaky pen). In many parts of teh hierarchy, there are different ways of controlling any given perception. If one route is blocked (your car won't start), you use another route (go to work by bus).
It's not really different if the blockage is caused by conflict. What is required is to see why you are wanting to control at least one of the conflicted perceptions. In otehr words, you identify a higher-level perception you are controlling, and find another action that affects the higher-level controlled perception.
If you don't know, or can't see, another way to control any of the higher-level perceptions (there may be several) that provide reference values for the conflicted perception, THEN reorganization may come into play.
Hope this helps.
Martin