here's an idea for a starter [it's a mechanistic metaphor, rather than a
biological one - sorry about that]
unlearning is like deleting a file on your hard disk, all that happens is
that the file tag is torn off, the data is still sitting there until
sometime later it is overwritten...
--from Arthur Battram, organiser of the LGMB project 'Tools for Learning': helping local authorities to apply complexity concepts to personal and organisational learning. apb@cityplex.demon.co.uk "complexity is in here... and simplicity is out there...if we want it to be..."
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>