00100	BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER-THOUGHTS ON NEGATION
00200	
00300	
00400		REMEMBERING  WHAT  LOGICIANS  SAY  ABOUT  NOT  CONFUSING  THE
00500	NEGATION  OF A SET WITH ITS COMPLIMENT, I STILL BELIEVE THAT "I DON'T
00600	LIKE HIM" HAS AS ITS PREFERRED MEANING "I DISLIKE HIM" RATHER THAN "I
00700	AM NEUTRAL OR INDIFFERENT TO HIM".
00800		BUT NOTICE THAT IN SOME SEMANTIC SPACE,  OPPOSITES  ARE  MUCH
00900	CLOSER  THAN  ANY OTHER PAIRINGS BECAUSE THEY SHARE A DIMENSION. THUS
01000	IN ATTACKING SOMETHING ONE REALLY COUNTERSUPPORTS IT.
01100		HEISENBERG SAID THAT THE OPPOSITE OF A SHALLOW TRUTH IS FALSE
01200	BUT THE OPPOSITE OF A DEEP  TRUTH  IS  ALSO  TRUE.  THUS  MATTER  AND
01300	ANTI-MATTER  EXIST AS TRUE. OSCAR WILDE AND GBS CONSCIOUSLY EXPLOITED
01400	OUR BELIEFS THAT OPPOSITES (OR NEGATIONS) ARE TRUE. ("EVERY MAN KILLS
01500	THE THING HE LOVES", ETC.).
01600		AMONG OTHER ARGUMENTS,  THE  REASON  I  CAN'T  BELIEVE  THOSE
01700	"TALKING"  CHIMPS  POSSESS  LANGUAGE IS THAT THEY NEVER USE NEGATIONS
01800	EXCEPT IN THE SENSE OF "I  DON'T  WANT".  THE  OTHER  TWO  SENSES  OF
01900	NEGATION,  I.E.  NONEXISTENCE  AND  DENIAL,  ARE  NEVER USED BY THEM.
02000	NOTICE HUMANS DO NOT DENY SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT ASSERTED.
02100		FREUD  HAD AN AMUSING SUGGESTION REGARDING NEGATIONS OF DREAM
02200	REPORTS. WHEN SOMEONE SAYS "I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT ABOUT  A  WOMAN.
02300	IT  WAS  NOT  MY  MOTHER",  ONE SHOULD ASSUME THE IDEA UNDERLYING THE
02400	VISUAL IMAGE OF THE  WOMAN  ACTUALLY  INVOLVED  HIS  MOTHER.  IF  ONE
02500	INVARIABLY  TAKES  THE  POSITION THAT ALL NEGATIONS ARE DENIALS, SOME
02600	FUNNY THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
02700		IN  YOUR PRAGMATIC IMPLICATIONS OR INFERENCES, WOULDN'T IT BE
02800	MORE PRECISE TO SAY THAT IF AN  AGENT  CAUSES  X  TO  MOVE,  THEN  HE
02900	DESIRES  OR WANTS THE RESULTANT SITUATION BUT HE DOES NOT NECESSARILY
03000	"LIKE"  IT.  THIS  ALLOWS  AN  AGENT  TO  PRODUCE  NEGATIVELY  VALUED
03100	SITUATIONS IN ORDER TO COPE WITH SOMETHING.
03200		GOOD TALK. IT INSPIRED JOHN TO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING  AND  BE
03300	BARKED AT ALSO.