Be sure to let us know her answer.
You don't have to agree with it.
GC
From: William Conger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Examining the theory
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:13:04 -0700 (PDT)
Nah, all measurements are metaphors. But I'll ask my daughter who has a
PhD in astrophysics. And she's not very agreeable to mysterious, dreamy
notions of our material world. For her, there IS an IS.
WC
--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Michael Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Michael Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Examining the theory
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 10:53 AM
> On Sep 23, 2008, at 11:34 AM, William Conger wrote:
>
> > 70 degrees F is a metaphor as are all measurements.
>
> Nah, William. "It's 70 degrees today" is a
> statement of a measurement
> ("The thermodynamic activity of atmospheric molecules
> was recorded at
> 70 degrees," etc.)
>
> But if you say, "Man, it's, like, 70 degrees, you
> know": that's a,
> like, a metaphor.
>
> <g>
