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rifle, the bullet and the trigger analogy. A shot can only be fired when there is both 1) a cartridge in the barrel (the potential) and, 2) a squeeze on the trigger (the stimulus). Either alone means no- thing. I have already indicated this on pg. 81 of #44. But the potentials are of a very general nature, not specific for TVism. Given other conditions of development--other stimuli that is--I feel that those same potentials would be utilized in other non-TV ways. For example, I think we'd all agree that TVs are more sensitive and more artistic than most ord- inary men--they'd have to be to have a "feeling for the feminine" and to appreciate texture, color, dec- oration, etc. But what of the artist? Doesn't he have them too? Probably he has to have other char- acteristics too, such as manual dexterity. But it remains to the events and circumstances of his or the TV's life to determine which path of development he will take.
Sheila says she doubts I can prove that a neural circuit for talent does NOT exist. She should know better. It is very difficult to prove a negative of anything and when you can it is only by inference. Your only proof that you were not in say Alaska on July 1 is to bring forth witnesses to the fact that you were in Chicago or wherever on that date. This is not direct proof. Certainly it is impossible in the field of neurology where it is hard enough to prove that something IS let alone that it is NOT. She only hopes to win by, in effect, challenging me to prove that which she knows is impossible to prove, and that is a shoddy way to try to win an argument.
9) Here Sheila uses the same technique in reverse. I am now asked to provide evidence proving the psych- ological origin of TV. The implication being that if I can not prove it then by contrast there is no psychological cause and by elimination this is taken to be indication that the neural theory--the NATURE theory is the true explanation. This is a last gasp sort of argument. The only way one could prove that
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