[From Kenny Kitzke (2007.03.29)]
<Bill Powers (2007.03.29.1550 MDT)>
< was getting some pills out of a bottle and realized that I was
doing a variation on the E. coli method of reorganization. To fill
the 7-day dispenser and get one extra pill (to take now) I have to
dispense 8 pills into my hand from the big bottle. Having done this
many times I am quite good at it. I shake the pill bottle while
watching how many pills have come out, and stop when I count 8.
The action involved in this process is simply to tilt the bottle and
shake it. I have no control over which pills come out. All I can do
is shake the bottle and count how many have come out, on some
occasions having to return one or two. This is truly a way of
systematically controlling a perception by means of an action that
has mostly random effects.
I’m sure there must be lots of other examples.
Best,
Bill P.>
This really puzzles me. I don’t see any “reorganization” but simply achieving a reference perception by varying the means all within the current hierarchy??
When I roll dice until I roll a seven (random results), is there reorganization in that activity?
Kenny