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Erik Engdahl:
Description of Bilateral Cramped State of Communication Shutdown (Non-Intimacy) by Use of the Semi-Quantitative Logarithmic Multiplication Table
(Version of 26 June 2011)
The semi-quantitative logarithmic multiplication table
| * |
Very small |
Small |
Moderate |
Big |
Very big |
| Very small |
Overwhelmingly small |
Extremely small |
Very small |
Small |
Moderate |
| Small |
Extremely small |
Very small |
Small |
Moderate |
Big |
| Moderate |
Very small |
Small |
Moderate |
Big |
Very big |
| Big |
Small |
Moderate |
Big |
Very big |
Extremely big |
| Very big |
Moderate |
Big |
Very big |
Extremely big |
Overwhelming-ly big |
This kind of multiplication table
could be reproduced by assigning successive power values, here powers of base
10, to the semi-quantitative attributive phrases like...
...or approximate intervals for them.
Overwhelmingly
small = 0.0001 [0.00003 , 0.0003[
Extremely small = 0.001 [0.0003
, 0.003[
Very small =
0.01 [0.003 ,
0.03[
Small = 0.1 [0.03 , 0.3[
Moderate = 1 [0.3 , 3[
Big = 10 [3 , 30[
Very big =
100 [30 , 300[
Extremely big =
1000 [300 , 3000[
Overwhelmingly
big = 10000 [3000
, 30000[
The number 3 in the above alignment is an approximation for the the square root of 10 = √10 ≈ 3,16. It is chosen as it serves the "multiplicative midpoint" in between the numbers 1 and 10. In mathematical terminology it is named the geometrical mean of these numbers.
Application concerning communication between human (or biotic in
general) agents
In an earlier article "Autism spectrum conditions as a relational phenomenon", the author pointed out a key quantity for characterisation of a socio-psychic communinication channel, namely the degree of unintimacy or synonymously the degree of bilateral cramped state of communication shutdown.
The primary aspect of communication is to ensure that the
communication channel open. To keep it open requires no activity or
intellectual capacity. It is a passivity. The secondary aspect of
communication, an activity, is to send information through the communcation channel (which then needs to be to some extent
open).
As we still live in the prehistory of man, (upgrown)
people usually live in a cramped
state of communication shutdown. The cramp is an ongoing "isometric" activity (C.f. holding a
heavy bag in the hand standing still. Then micro-motorical work is performed in the muscle cells.). When people try to communicate,
the openness of the communication is usually limited by a bilateral
cramped state of communication shutdown (non-intimacy).
Its degree is determined by the product of the degrees of unilateral
cramped state of communication shutdown. The product is illustrated by the
above reproduced semi-quantitative logarithmic multiplication table.
As the product of two factors is zero
if one of the factors is zero, the bilateral cramped state of
communication shutdown vanishes, if (at least) one of the parties
releases its unilateral cramped state of communication. This
corresponds reversed to the proverb or saying "It is seldom the fault of
one if two quarrel". No case of unilateral
cramped state of communication shutdown constitute an absolute obstacle even
for bilateral wide-open communication.
An aspect, which the author of this article not yet has formulated in a
reasonably ready fashion, is that non-communication
is an impossibility. Concerning
communication what is at hand, is that is it either open or "open"(D). Closed does not exist! There are plenty
of anecdotes from parents and pedagogues to person with autism who report that the last-mentioned unexpectedly have picked up astonishing reality
circumstances. Persons with autism have systematically difficult to have
available competences which they actually possess.
(D) The notation "A"(D) means "A and non-A simultaneously". "Existence"(D) and
"truth"(D) are central concepts in dialectical logic. The physical basis for
the occurrence of "existence"(D)
and "truth"(D) is the irreversible loss
of information in the step from
reality's chaos to the psyche's non-chaotical
mental representation of it.
Comments and suggestions could be e-mailed to engdahl.erikREMOVE.THESE.FOUR.WORDS@gmail.com.
Se also by the same author...
Autism Spectrum Conditions - Neurological Abnormality and/or Cramped State of Communication Shutdown?
http://www.erikengdahl.se/autism/autism1-en.html
Autism Spectrum Conditions as a Relational Phenomenon
http://www.erikengdahl.se/autism/autism2-en.html
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