Re: [-empyre-] clarifying noiseless challenge

[Christina McPhee <christina112@earthlink.net>]

I thought maybe Sergio might mean

'atavism'

An atavism can mean an organism that is a real or supposed  
evolutionary throwback; the unexpected appearance of primitive  
traits; or a reversion to or reappearance of a trait that had been  
present in a lineage in the past, but which had been absent in  
intervening generations. Atavisms occur because genes for previously  
existing phenotypical features are often preserved in DNA, even  
though the genes are not expressed in some or most of the organisms  
possessing them.  (wikipedia)  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atavism

enjoying the noise,


christina




> So ativism is nice,

I realise English isn't your first language, and while you write very  
well and clearly, I think this is a crucial misspelllling...  
"ativism" is not a word - I'm confused: are you suggesting aCtivism  
is nice, or atAvism is nice? I think you meant aCtivism, but given  
the anti-technology bend of your argument, atAvism also fits.... but  
provides a completely different idea...


> That's why I think of
> art as perceptual guerrila, as opening the present to understanding.

So the machine can exploit it?

Interesting stuff. Thanks!

On Nov 3, 2006, at 9:41 AM, Henry Warwick wrote:

> > So ativism is nice,
>
> I realise English isn't your first language, and while you write  
> very well and clearly, I think this is a crucial misspelllling...  
> "ativism" is not a word - I'm confused: are you suggesting aCtivism  
> is nice, or atAvism is nice? I think you meant aCtivism, but given  
> the anti-technology bend of your argument, atAvism also fits....  
> but provides a completely different idea...
>
> > That's why I think of
> > art as perceptual guerrila, as opening the present to understanding.
>
> So the machine can exploit it?
>
> Interesting stuff. Thanks!