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| Subject: | i like the question more than the answer |
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| Date: | Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:31:10 -0600 |
| From: | jeffrey ely <jeffely@northwestern.edu> |
| To: | post@cheepthoughts.posterous.com <post@cheepthoughts.posterous.com> |
why do we practice? i understand for sports. you need to prepare for a competition. and i understand for performance. you need to prepare your performance. but why do we do technical exercises that we will not perform? why do musicians learn scales? whatever technique they are going to need for the pieces they will perform they can just learn them when they confront the piece?
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why do we practice?
i understand for sports. you need to prepare for a competition. and i understand for performance. you need to prepare your performance. but why do we do technical exercises that we will not perform? why do musicians learn scales? whatever technique they are going to need for the pieces they will perform they can just learn them when they confront the piece?Comments [0]
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suppose you set tax rates based on what is "fair." and then you discover that a small fraction of people have a way of avoiding paying their fare share by say hiding income. then in order to make sure they pay their fair share you raise the tax rates.
(even if you don't do it in this order, there are always hidden sources of income and you will account for that when setting tax rates) others are now paying more than their fair share. is it now fair for them to hide their income?Comments [0]
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