I read somewhere that when TV was first introduced, a young child was asked which he preferred, radio or television. He said he liked radio better, because "the pictures are so much better."
Love this! It makes me think of the opening of EM Forster's novel, Howards End. One of the characters is at a community concert, and as she listens to the orchestra play, the music is translating into a fully realized drama in her head.
[Quote] That said: if we are wired for story, we are also wired for close and careful listening, and the two are tightly wound together. It is through our ears — not our eyes — that we first encountered storytelling, as a species and also as babies. [/Quote]
That's a wonderful observation. I'd never thought of this. Yet from an evolutionary perspective, how could it be otherwise? It seems so obvious to me . . . now that you pointed it out to me!
This is such a deep and rich subject with so much yet to be explored. Thank yo for opening this goldmine of neuropsychic phenomena. You've inspired me to indulge myself in this topic on my Substack. There is so much to learn and understand better.
Comment by Emmett Shear that seems like it might be relevant to this topic somehow:
"LLM agents live inside of semantics the way we live inside of physics"
https://x.com/eshear/status/1865484340010078422
I read somewhere that when TV was first introduced, a young child was asked which he preferred, radio or television. He said he liked radio better, because "the pictures are so much better."
Love this! It makes me think of the opening of EM Forster's novel, Howards End. One of the characters is at a community concert, and as she listens to the orchestra play, the music is translating into a fully realized drama in her head.
This post is, IMO, absolutely elegant.
[Quote] That said: if we are wired for story, we are also wired for close and careful listening, and the two are tightly wound together. It is through our ears — not our eyes — that we first encountered storytelling, as a species and also as babies. [/Quote]
That's a wonderful observation. I'd never thought of this. Yet from an evolutionary perspective, how could it be otherwise? It seems so obvious to me . . . now that you pointed it out to me!
This is such a deep and rich subject with so much yet to be explored. Thank yo for opening this goldmine of neuropsychic phenomena. You've inspired me to indulge myself in this topic on my Substack. There is so much to learn and understand better.
Thank you! I just love the poetry of it. I will look forward to talking anatomy and physiology with you!