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Re: Beware of circles



If an associative comment is allowed, I found this seemingly random collection of images strangely relevant to the relationship between geometric structural metaphors and the real-world phenomena they refer to.
Sometimes we get so fascinated and absorbed in the metaphorical models we make up in order handle reality we believe they are what's actually out there - but the real thing easily surpasses a description by straight lines, circles, etc. . . .

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Inflorescence_diagrams

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Joachim Gossmann, PhD Candidate
Center for Research and Computing in the Arts
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From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Gygi [bgygi@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:45 PM
To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Beware of circles

Dear Bruno,

No wonder they call them "vicious circles."


Brian Gygi, Ph.D.
Speech and Hearing Research
Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System
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