The Happiness of Pursuit: What Neuroscience Can Teach Us About the Good Life
“Like ripples on the surface of a pond haunted by a school of koi, these patterns arise from objects that are immersed in the world; a particularly perceptive frog sitting on a lily pad and watching the water surface could perhaps infer the koi’s presence and learn about their movements.2 Some such patterns are relational in that they depend less on what the objects are and more on what events they participate in and on how these unfold in time: to a koi watching from below, the pattern created ...by a pebble skimmed off the water surface would appear very similar to the ripples produced by a skillfully aimed small frog.
Once learned, patterns that are characteristic of objects and events become the nodes and the links in the mind’s representation of the world-wide web of cause and effect. Far from being a mere record of experience, this representation brings out the regularities in it, which alone afford understanding and foresight. Whereas any singular experience, in every respect unlike anything you ever encountered, is an absolute mystery, two of a kind are a revelation that may help you prepare for a third.MoreLess
Once learned, patterns that are characteristic of objects and events become the nodes and the links in the mind’s representation of the world-wide web of cause and effect. Far from being a mere record of experience, this representation brings out the regularities in it, which alone afford understanding and foresight. Whereas any singular experience, in every respect unlike anything you ever encountered, is an absolute mystery, two of a kind are a revelation that may help you prepare for a third.MoreLess
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