Ah! "working from home on the front porch" isn't a common pattern these days. And yeah, you're right, it really requires a particular kind of neighborhood context. The last time I saw such a thing was many decades ago when I lived in West Philly.
I'm not sure I understand the distinction between getting a sudden insight and suddenly realizing "some apples are green on purpose," unless the ridiculousness of the statement is meant to imply that it is false?
OK, not the greatest analogy. My jigsaw puzzle one is the best I have so far but it's likely not to make sense if you don't do jigsaw puzzles. Let me try this:
There's a sense in which I will realize certain things are true and having realized that, I will also realize that those things have always been true but I never thought of them as true before, nor would I have listed them among the large set of "true things I know." Yet in some sense I've known these things for a while.
Real examples: at one point I realized that Person (now deceased) must have known True Thing. It was not a thing I'd ever discussed with them, but on consideration given who they talked to and what they observed, they must have known this thing. I didn't ever - at least consciously - ask myself the question "Did Person know Thing?". I'd never even thought to ask the question before.
Another: I recently had the thought that $PRESENT_BEHAVIOR is very likely a reaction to $PAST_SITUATION. Now, in general I know that our pasts shape our present. And I do believe that my past experiences guide and shape my behaviors. But I had never before realized that something pretty specific in my past was even relevant to this current situation - as opposed to the generalized notion that _something_ in the past is relevant, it was "oh, this very specific thing is relevant".
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Date: 2020-02-13 07:39 pm (UTC)I'm not sure I understand the distinction between getting a sudden insight and suddenly realizing "some apples are green on purpose," unless the ridiculousness of the statement is meant to imply that it is false?
OK, not the greatest analogy. My jigsaw puzzle one is the best I have so far but it's likely not to make sense if you don't do jigsaw puzzles. Let me try this:
There's a sense in which I will realize certain things are true and having realized that, I will also realize that those things have always been true but I never thought of them as true before, nor would I have listed them among the large set of "true things I know." Yet in some sense I've known these things for a while.
Real examples: at one point I realized that Person (now deceased) must have known True Thing. It was not a thing I'd ever discussed with them, but on consideration given who they talked to and what they observed, they must have known this thing. I didn't ever - at least consciously - ask myself the question "Did Person know Thing?". I'd never even thought to ask the question before.
Another: I recently had the thought that $PRESENT_BEHAVIOR is very likely a reaction to $PAST_SITUATION. Now, in general I know that our pasts shape our present. And I do believe that my past experiences guide and shape my behaviors. But I had never before realized that something pretty specific in my past was even relevant to this current situation - as opposed to the generalized notion that _something_ in the past is relevant, it was "oh, this very specific thing is relevant".
Does that clarify?