Look, if he (Ric) bothers you, all you have to do is order me, and I'll go to bergen and show him da truth... ok? (; >)) Hey Ric, we;re friends ok? (; >)) On 31-aug-04, at 0:24, Sarah Fox wrote: > Hi Ric, > > OK, my friend, STALEMATE!! STALEMATE!! ;-) > > In parting, and I suppose by way of apology to you and/or the list, > please > understand that my comments are from the standpoint of a > neurobiologist. I > was not trying to diminish what a pianist or a human being is -- or > suggest > for even a moment that a pianist is a biological PianoDisk system! I > was > simply trying to explain how these complex sorts of movements are made > -- > that indeed there are complex motor programs that our brains execute. > When > someone throws a ball to you, and you reach your hand out and catch it, > rather automatically, it's really an honest-to-goddess motor program > that is > responsible, and most of it is done with your cerebellum. That > doesn't mean > you don't have control! Your cerebellum is really quite good > (amazingly > good) at what it does. Like it or not, the big blobs of tissue inside > our > skulls are beautiful, highly sophisticated biological computers. > Unfortunately I am too quick to forget that people are offended by this > thought, for reasons that will forever baffle me. > > Peace, > Sarah > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > André Oorebeek
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