performance at the barbershop gallery, Philadelphia
Our judgement that Johny's version of the story is unreliable depends on our decision that the later version of the story is reliable. And we must acknowledge that this does not happen by chance but is part of a design of communication. It is the implied author who juxtaposes the two narrations of the story and "allows" us to decide which is true.
On February 12th at 7 pm a 38 year old man felt distracted for seconds when he was walking down the street. The Attention Deficit Disorder, as he calls it himself, was caused by the wrong spelling of the word caffeine.
A semi-painful distraction happened to a 21 year old man who didn't notice the wrong spelling of the word caffeine at all when he walked down the same street. When he stepped into a barbershop a few moments later, his distraction ended abruptly.
The data set includes a print of the right index finger, the
name and zip code and a photograph of each person.
About a month before a similar incident had
appeared for
the first time, on January 14th: All
of a sudden a 23 year old
man had felt very disappointed, as if he had been incredibly
cheated,
disregarded and ripped-off.
This unreckoned change of inner emotion stood in huge
contrast to the vision the young man had had of himself.
His friends, who had witnessed his change, had talked loudly
about it in order to drown the background music out.
Nobody
knows or remembers anything in particular.
Our judgement that Johny's version of the story is reliable
depends on our decision that the later version of the story
is unreliable.
We must acknowledge that this does not happen
by chance but it is us who juxtapose the two narrations of
the story. It is us who decide which is true. Still, nobody is
responsible.