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Reference: Postulate Mechanics

The Anomaly

An anomaly is a violation of reality. It is characterized by

1. Discontinuity (missing data)
2. Inconsistency (contradictory data)
3. Disharmony (arbitrary data).

The violation of reality appears in the form of disagreements. There are two different realities and the bridge between them is missing. There are contradictions and disharmonies. In this situation, the anomalies must be recognized, isolated and listed precisely, and then addressed one by one.

Such anomalies commonly exist in one’s observations and reasoning; but they may go as far back as being part of one’s viewpoint and even postulates. Those basic anomalies can distort one’s observation and train of logic. They come about when the postulates did not get updated to account for new sensations. In other words, the new experience did not get fully assimilated. 

Such anomalies generate aberrations in one’s perception, judgment and behavior. When a person is not responding appropriately to a situation, he is suffering from some anomaly in his thinking. This is handled by looking more closely at the inappropriateness of all his reactions according to the broad reality, and then narrowing them down to specific triggers. And then looking for possible experiences that were not fully assimilated.

When one spots the right anomaly, it resolves easily. The reality becomes clearer and one realizes what was happening.

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