> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of jon louis mann > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 3:44 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Flatulence > > you are absolutely correct, ronn. one of the classic specious > arguments that bushco sycophants... > Sorry. That's where I stop reading. > -- Ronn! :) > > really?-) you don't seem like the sort who doesn't consider all > viewpoints. i don't know anything about the regulars here, but i > assume most are admirers of the brin perspective which is open, > empirical, curious and pragmatic. it is difficult, sometimes, to tell > when someone is being ironic, sarcastic, sardonic, rhetorically > flatulent, or completely sincere?~{ > -- jon
Well, some of us have been discussing various ideas here for quite some time. I think I've been here > 7 years, and I think I recall Ronn being here before me. One pattern I've seen here, as well as elsewhere, is that polemics almost always add more heat than light. There are exceptions to all generalities (including this one), but the signal/noise ratio in polemics tends to be very low. Statements such as " one of the classic specious arguments that bushco sycophants" have a very high tendency of being followed by polemics. It's a statement that indicates a lack of openness to other idea. Now, it's true that there are other possibilities. I tend to search for these, and thus tend to read on. But, I certainly can understand someone who cannot read and think about every message in every list will have such a filter. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
