Hi,

I was thinking of writing: "If you've seen Rainman, you know that Raymond is not stupid, and can adjust, He just has a number of certainties that are so absolute that he has no way of even contemplating the possibility of them being only relative - at the time they are eminent. That doesn't mean he could not have reevaluated the future, just that evaluating the situation from scratch would take longer than the time available."

But I left it out, for one thing, because such an example should have shortened the explanation, and this one wouldn't have. But also because I suddenly realised we only know Charlie's impression of his father. Charlie apparently thinks his father is treating him harshly because he disapproves of Charlies behaviour. But his father had trouble showing his emotions, and he is very strict in his actions ...


Returning to the previous message: This is only mild, but I had accepted something as true, and now I had/have to reevaluate it; find a way to merge the two truths based on the same data.



Bugger.





Bye,
                                                                                                                                 Mysha