On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 7:28:30 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > On 1/12/2015 5:01 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Like "universe" meant a tortoise on the top of another tortoise, except > that in the field of theology, the corresponding "tortoise" has been made > into a dogma.i > > > And evidence came to change that meaning. If someone now wrote using > "universe" to mean "a tortoise on the top of another tortoise" he would > be thought either crazy or guilty of deliberate obfuscation. > > Brent >
You'd need a more literal meaning for that...the tortoise was a metaphorical capture - with value-add promoting comprehension of 'reductionism' as a goal-dependent conception (i.e. some goals like seeking a most fundamental particle invoke inherent problems, a good illustration being the tortoises.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
