RE: permalancers

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Technical Writer wrote: 
  
> In 1972, two gentlemen from California named John Grinder and 
> Richard Bandler modeled (a more elegant term than "chunked") 
> the verbal constructs and methods of a number of therapists. 
> Fritz Perls and Virginia Satir were fairly well-known at the 
> time, as was Grinder and Bandler's primary focus--Milton 
> Erickson. With a bit of Chomsky mixed in, their model of 
> Erickson was presented in a work called, The Structure of Magic. 
>  
> Erickson's use of language in therapeutic settings was 
> complex, to say the least. In comparison, the "more complex, 
> innovative products and applications" of contemporary widget 
> making are conceptually impoverished. 

Wow. A non sequitur and a straw man argument all wrapped up into one. My
head is spinning. 

And a reference to Chomsky, too! That explains why you've ignored every
mention of the concept of "knowledge" throughout this discussion. 

You'll forgive me if I find your "verbal constructs" unconvincing and
your "narrative" flawed. Good luck with modeling those widgets. 

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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