Steve Andreas > Books Authored > Six Blind Elephants > Chapter 7
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Going to a larger or smaller scope, in which the smaller is completely included in the larger one can be thought of as special cases of overlapping scope in which the smaller is completely overlapped by the larger. Now I want to discuss the more general case in which only part of one scope overlaps with the other. Part of what we were attending to is ignored, and an additional scope is added to what remains.
For instance, last year, my wife Connirae and I were driving up a steep mountain road. At one point we found ourselves behind a track going about 10 miles an hour, and the double yellow line indicated that passing was not permitted. From the driver’s seat, I could see a mile of empty road ahead, so I categorized it as “safe,” and pulled out to pass the track. From her passenger seat, Connirae could only see the back of the track and the double yellow line, so she categorized it as “dangerous,” and became concerned and tense when I pulled out to pass. When her scope changed to the same scope that I saw, she recategorized it as “safe” and relaxed.
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