That is, the array of sensual data that count as pragmatically relevant for grasping the situation may be expanded or shifted through a kind of triangulation with others who were not merely there, but engaged in the same task, facing the same dangers. You debrief one another. The fruit of this conversation enters into your ongoing rehearsal of the experience. If this rehearsed version bears up, and jibes with further experience, it becomes internalized, available to the subconscious mind in coping with future situations. For experiences to become part of the secure, sedimented foundation of a
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