Re: The Missionaries

From: John Galloway <yuskim1_at_...>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:59:36 -0000

>
> My feeling is that you're envisioning a different level of cultural
> sophistication with all these 'common sense' arguments. In my view
> these people are far more 'primitive' than this. By primitive we
> could compare them with several RW cases where they are 'ignorant':
> ...
> with modern people with irrational phobias.

• In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jane Williams"
  >
  > but if you see someone eating something in front of you, and then
  > they hand you some as well...? Still, you've explained why it
  > needed magic, not just mundane teaching. We've dealt with that bit
  > of the discussion.
  > Trust isn't the point, not being able to learn is.
  

Jane, do you consider someone with a phobia to be brain damaged?

If so then that's probably the point of difference right there. If not then surely it's a counter example to your point.

If someone with, say, agoraphobia is told that going out into the open is safe, if they are shown (by someone else's example) that going out into the open is safe, or if they are even forced to experiance that going out into the open is safe, does that mean they have now 'learned' to function in the open permanently?

I think what the others are trying to say is that there may be any number of reasons why people A cannot 'learn' from the example of people B (especially in the world of Gloranthan) that don't have to involve brain damage.

Thanks,

• John