Re: FW: Re fwd - How science is really done

1999-02-02 Thread Durant
I don't quite understand you. Whether sooner or later we can describe accurately all the mechanisms in our brain that makes up our consciousness is not relevant to the existance of reality, it existed before us and if as for Jay's insistence we die out, it will exist without any conscious

Re: different language games

1999-02-02 Thread Durant
As for Newtonian physics, I'm not interested. I am, however, very interested in NEWTON's physics and the other matters that informed his thought. Newton wrote literally a barn full of stuff. 1/3 of it dealt with matters of physics, 1/3 dealt with matters of religion and theology, and 1/3

Re: different language games (corrected)

1999-02-02 Thread Ray E. Harrell
Sorry folks, I reread this post and had to correct the multiple errors. This is the corrected version. REH Brian McAndrews wrote: Hi Ray, I learned a very important lesson from 4 Mohawk women who I was privileged to teach a few years ago. They told me that in their culture, when a person

[corp-ethics] Re: PM push for philanthropy (fwd)

1999-02-02 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:51:46 +1100 From: Mark Glazebrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [corp-ethics] Re: PM push for philanthropy Hi All - for several months John Howard has approached corporate

Re: Global Social Policy Code (fwd)

1999-02-02 Thread Eva Durant
Fascinating stuff, as my impression is that the IMF and the WB "gives" money to countries so that they can repay debts. Their constraints so far meant cut in social spending etc, so that debts can be repaid. I won't hold my breath waiting for any such measure to work in the interest of social

FW: Weekly Analysis -- February 1, 1999

1999-02-02 Thread Cordell, Arthur: DPP
A different view on globalization and the future of the nation state. -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Weekly Analysis -- February 1, 1999 Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 12:40AM Need to Know Something Fast? Try

FW: Weekly Analysis -- February 1, 1999

1999-02-02 Thread Cordell, Arthur: DPP
A different view on globalization and the future of the nation state. -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Weekly Analysis -- February 1, 1999 Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 12:40AM Need to Know Something Fast? Try

Re: FW - Debating goverance

1999-02-02 Thread Tom Walker
Thanks, Thomas, for a well considered response. I don't think our differences of opinion on this matter can ever be resolved by reason, they can only be tempered by experience. My opinion is that debating governance remains just that -- debating. I would recommend that you get ahold of a 1977

FW Monthly reminder

1999-02-02 Thread S. Lerner
*FUTUREWORK LISTS MONTHLY REMINDER* FUTUREWORK: Redesigning Work, Income Distribution, Education FUTUREWORK is an international e-mail forum for discussion of how to deal with the new realities created by economic globalization and technological change. Basic

Age and jobs

1999-02-02 Thread Cordell, Arthur: DPP
GETTING OLD AT A YOUNG AGE In the old days, executives who had gone as far as they could go were said to be "on a plateau"; now, in the new economy, executives in that condition are on a ledge, as corporate America faces a new era, in which age 40 is starting to be considered old. In a

Re: FW: Re fwd - How science is really done

1999-02-02 Thread Ray E. Harrell
Eva Durant wrote: reality is a word symbol for what we believe is out there. no, it was/is/will be there whether we believe it or not. By reality I mean the physical world and all it's past present and future variable permutations. We have different perceptions and beliefs, but as

German Greens Welfare State

1999-02-02 Thread Steve Kurtz
Martin Hufner is chief economist of Bayerische Vereinsbank, second largest bank in Ger. The Greens have long been branded 'leftists'; and I have attempted to argue strongly against knee-jerk positions blindly following that label for reasons including some expressed below. There is a critical