[Martin Taylor 950321 17:15]
(If you don't like frivolity, please ignore)
Bruce Abbott (950321.1900 EST)
Rick Marken (950320.2200) (a message I haven't seen)
Stimulus control is not the
snark everyone seems to think it is; it's a boojum, as you will see;-)Yes, the snark IS a boojum, just as Frank Beach said it was. But if you
want the snark-hunters to take a look at your "catch," you'd be well advised
to tell them that you've caught a snark.
But you won't be able to. You will have "silently vanished away." I think
that's what Rick meant--If you actually catch (believe in) stimulus control,
you will have silently vanished away from human (i.e. right-thinking PCT
people) sight.
After you've got their attention,
THEN you can suggest that maybe the snark isn't quite what it seems to be
and, if you just look carefully at it, well, by gosh, it's a boojum after
all!
And then THEY will silently vanish away. As usual.
Martin
(I'm not going to deliberately hunt the snark--not yet awhile,
but any more computer crashes and you may think I've caught a boojum).