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Posted by Dr. Bob on August 7, 2004, at 10:36:06

From above:

http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20040717/msgs/374892.html

> > Think of it also as cognitive gymnastics? Gymnastics can be a good workout...
>
> I feel unsatisfied reading this response. I can't decide if it was meant to be funny or if it is meant that we all need to "work out" our communication skills. Either way, I feel like I have no better understanding of the reasons for such a fine semantic line with civility.

I guess I was thinking of regular gymnastics as becoming more flexible and learning to do something you couldn't before. In a physical way. So cognitive gymnastics would be becoming more flexible in terms of how you think of things and learning to think of things in ways you didn't before.

This also reminds me of a previous discussion:

http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20040112/msgs/301021.html

Does that make more sense now?

Bob

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