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authorgrr <grr@lo2.org>2024-05-23 22:35:08 -0400
committergrr <grr@lo2.org>2024-05-23 22:35:08 -0400
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a few more fixes to dissociation physics
-rw-r--r--essays/dissociation_physics.tex18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/essays/dissociation_physics.tex b/essays/dissociation_physics.tex
index aa19a69..9635163 100644
--- a/essays/dissociation_physics.tex
+++ b/essays/dissociation_physics.tex
@@ -82,21 +82,21 @@ regularities in our present world.
\end{equation}
-So far as temporal successions of concurrences (within the présent
+So far as temporal successions of concurrences (within the present
world) are concerned, any permitted concurrence may succeed any other
permitted concurrence. The succession of a concurrence by itself is
excluded, meaning that at the moment, a $V_1$, is defined as lasting from the
time the eyes open until the time they next close.
We have said that our topic is a certain change; we can now indicate
-more precisely what this change is. As long as we have a 2x2 array, there are
-16 ways it can be filled with p's and f's. That is, there are 16 imaginable
+more precisely what this change is. As long as we have a $2\times2$ array, there are
+16 ways it can be filled with $p$'s and $f$'s. That is, there are 16 imaginable
states. The changes we are interested in, then, are specific changes from the
present state (\ref{physpresent}) to another state such as \ref{physafter}.
\vskip 1em
{\centering
-\parbox{0.9\textwidth}{
+\parbox{0.9\textwidth}{\centering
\parbox{1.5in}{
\begin{equation}\label{physpresent}
\begin{pmatrix}
@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@ present state (\ref{physpresent}) to another state such as \ref{physafter}.
\begin{pmatrix}
p & f \\
p & p
-\end{pmatrix}\end{equation}}}}
+\end{pmatrix}\end{equation}}\par}\par}
\vskip 1em
However,
we want to exclude some changes. The change that changes nothing is
-excluded. We aren't interested in changing to a state having only f's, which
-amounts to blindness. A change to a state with a row or column of f's leaves
+excluded. We aren't interested in changing to a state having only $f$'s, which
+amounts to blindness. A change to a state with a row or column of $f$'s leaves
one sight or touch completely forbidden (a person becomes blind to
open-eye sights); such an \enquote{impairment} is of little interest. Of the remaining
changes, one merely leaves a formerly permitted concurrence forbidden:
closed-eye sights can no longer be seen with open eyes. The rest of the
changes are the ones most relevant to perception-dissociation. They are
-changes in the place of the one f; the change to the state having only p's;
+changes in the place of the one $f$; the change to the state having only $p$'s;
and finally
\vskip 1em
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ quick tap, a tactile sensation. There is also an unseen movie camera which
photographs both the tactile contact and the clock face. The subject is
tapped, and must call out the second-hand reading at the time of the tap. We
expect a discrepancy between what the subject says and what the film says;
-but even if there is none, the experiment can proceed. Teli the subject that
+but even if there is none, the experiment can proceed. Tell the subject that
he always placed the tap earlier than it actually occurred, and that he will be
given a reward if he learns to perceive more accurately. The purpose of the
experiment is to demonstrate to the subject that even his perception of