SC - OT Creativity Changes

[david friedman]

I wrote:

>>2. What we do isn't "attending a class" at any level. So far as I can
>>tell, nobody in the SCA studies period cooking merely in order to know
>about
>>period cooking--people study period cooking in order to do it.

geneviamoas at juno.com replied:

>Ummmm..., David... I hate to ask but Why study something unless you are
>going to use it in some way.

"To do it" does not translate as "to use in some way."

People who attend classes in history may intend to use the knowledge to
understand a society, or to pass an exam, or to be able to teach other
people. They may even plan to write historical novels. But they are not
generally studying period activities in order to do those activities. Off
hand, I don't know of any academic historians specializing in military
affairs who study medieval battles in order to be able to command a
medieval army.

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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