Much of our mental software is derived directly from the GG3.

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Plat was strongly influenced by the mathematicians Pythagoras. Plato believed that just as there was an ultimate truth everywhere. That provided the basis for our obsessive search for 'truth' ever since.

A car is driving along road. The car runs out of petrol. The driver and passengers get out and rejoice. They congratulate themselves that they have reached the destination. Truth is somewhat similar. When we have 'run out' of thinking we call that the truth.

Socrates was trained as a Sophist. These were people who became very skilled with the use of words in argument. If you paid them enough they could reach any conclusion you wished - not unlike lawyers today. Socrates has a reputation for asking questions. He did ask question - but they were mainly leading questions.

Would you choose your best athlete by chance?"

"Of course not!"

"Would you choose the best navigator of your ship by chance?"

"Certainly not!"

"Why then do we choose our politicians by chance? (in the last round of the elections).

The listener is supposed to say: "that would be just as stupid."

The situations are not similar at all. They used chance to select the final politicians in order to avoid bribery, factions and corruption which have little to do with athletes or navigators. That was typical Socrates.

Then there was Aristotle. From the past the mind could create boxes, definitions and categories. When you came across something new you looked to see into which existing box the new thing could be fitted. It would need to be within the box or outside the box it could never be half in and half out. Once something has been placed in a box we knew all about it. This was the basis for Aristotelian logic

A child with a rash is brought to a doctor in a clinic. The doctor looks at the child and thinks of some possibilities (possible boxes). The doctor then examines the child more thoroughly - looking for Koplik spots etc. The doctor takes a careful history form the parents. The doctor may carry out some tests to exclude certain possibilities. The doctor then makes a judgement or diagnosis. If the doctor decides that the child falls into the 'measles' box then the doctor knows the probably course of the illness, the possible complications and the standard treatment. This standard treatment has been derived from the experience of many and even from research.

This approach makes full use of the brain's natural capacity to make patterns and to use them.

In the early days of medicine, and in witch-doctoring today, there is a need to observe the state of the patient very carefully. This careful observation of clusters of symptoms leads to the labeling of standard, recognizable, conditions. For each condition, or ailment, there is then a specific concoctionof herbs and other ingredients. So we go from recognition to label to treatment.

Today we recognize the standard symptoms of schizophrenia (even though we are not clear about the underlying mechanism) and then apply the label. There then follows the standard treatment of that label, modified by the actual condition of the patient.

This system follows the way the brain works naturally. This system follows the mental software designed by the GG3. this may be the only practical way of proceeding.

It is therefore not surprising that psychology and psychiatry love the labeling system. How else cold they proceed?

Judgment And Design
The Classification Approach
The GG3
The Analysis Approach
The Design Approach
Perception
Teaching Creativity
Argument
Summary