In a message dated 1/17/02 3:29:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Not that I want you to leave, mind you.
And if you do not want to spend a lot of time researching before you post -- just stay out of that intellectual stuff about brains, QM, free will and the likes. (That is what I do, because, quite frankly, I have no idea what they are talking about). >> I'll second that.... I research when I can or need to. If I don't know, I ask. If I get something wrong, I'm (usually) politely informed by someone on the list. I also try to provide net links and researched info to help ongoing conversations when I can. It helps me feel like I'm contributing ;-). And I *do* apologize if I ever make a mistake. I've apologized at least 2 times in the past 6 months for either misunderstanding what someone was talking about (Jeroen and John Giorgis), or 1 or 2 for accidently posting misinformation (ummmm posted yesterday, apologized today, oops ;) ). Considering that's probably less than 1% of my posts, IMHO, it's a decent track record. For me, half the fun of being on this list has been learning new things in a variety of fields. The math stuff is, however, stil WAY over my head. Isn't that what we have calculators for? Of course, it would be nice if the list were on-topic more :) I'm going to do something about that over the next few days, myself. The interview with DB on Art Bell covered a very wide range of topics. (I've been *really* enjoying it) As I have time, I'm planning to try to post a Brin interview comment here or there and see what people's reactions are. :-) Jon
