tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post3535792381744604014..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: Perception and DecisionRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-18653592885120177952012-05-05T07:39:22.975-07:002012-05-05T07:39:22.975-07:00The goal of all this is Mushin, in Musashi's V...The goal of all this is Mushin, in Musashi's Void chapter. It is also Sun Tzu's acme of battle skill, through knowing oneself and one's enemy.<br /><br />Others have called it a machine, where they feel like they are remotely controlling their body and feeling emotions indirectly and very weakly. Still others do not recall what they did or even why, while others believe they did things they didn't do, and did so for reasons that didn't exist.<br /><br />The only thing that matters is victory in strategy supported by tactics, under the correct logistical preparation. Most force threats to humans these days are easily solved with a little preparation. But the idea of ultimate battle skill is to not just handle the small problems, but the big problems as well. When everything is against you, numbers and military force outnumbers your side more than 10 to 1, yet you still pull a victory out of the chaos, without killing 3/4ths of your allies, is something to be aspired to.<br /><br />A person that takes .7 seconds to make a decision every OODA cycle and has 50% more OODA cycles, is going to be hopelessly outclassed by the person that takes .5 seconds to make a decision every OODA cycle and has 10% less OODA cycles than their enemies. Put in another context, the person with the .7 reaction time is going to be behind the .5 reaction time guy by 20 critically crippling attacks when their total movements reach 100. Which is another way of saying that for every 5 things .7 guy does, .5 guy has done 6 things. Always one step ahead. Until checkmate. Time is a hard thing to buy in war.<br /><br />In reality, a person that freezes and tries to think about a situation due to lack of confidence on how to solve it, usually has 2-5+ seconds of delay time. How many attacks and destructive techniques can the .5 guy use in 2-5 seconds?Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-84596601791029115562012-05-02T09:43:31.100-07:002012-05-02T09:43:31.100-07:00There's something else here, too. A student m...There's something else here, too. A student must practice awareness and manipulation of possibilities--but the student must have <i>permission</i> to do that, too.<br /><br />Here's a great XKCD that reminds me of my youth:<br /><br />http://xkcd.com/642/<br /><br />As a young teen, I had enough real-life experiences like those of the guy's fantasy that I felt I lacked <i>permission</i> to speak to females without a good reason. This severely impaired my ability to woo and rendered most advice from the romantically more-successful pretty useless. Now, as life went on, I discovered that wasn't true, and now I'm married with kids.<br /><br />But consider that manipulating social situations is likely to be regarded as rude by many people, and they are likely to fear social repercussions like those in the comic if they attempt it. Even acknowledging the possibility of a threat <i>purely internally</i> is likely to have "nice" people feeling squeamish about stereotyping or racism; people are likely to classify their uncontrollable internal feelings as unforgivably rude.<br /><br />So the challenge is not merely to identify what students need to be aware of (assuming the SD instructor even knows), but to give them permission to be aware of it at all.Rob Lymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-15423258162349306342012-05-01T18:58:39.523-07:002012-05-01T18:58:39.523-07:00"And somewhere in there, making a decision sh..."And somewhere in there, making a decision shifts from a cognitive process to something that just happens. A flow. Fluid or staccato, part of a complex plan or an immediate ending, your actions, your solutions just 'are.'"<br /><br />The Goal of all this?Josh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.com