Creationism, now that's a funny one! However, it does highlight the danger of the closure of the American mind in academia. As Harry Truman once quipped, "can't take the heat? Get out of the kitchen."
-----Original Message----- From: Lawrence Crowell <[email protected]> To: Everything List <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jun 18, 2021 7:23 am Subject: Re: Was, Re: The theology of number, (Now) The Universe Learns (not released on April 1st) On Friday, June 18, 2021 at 5:10:45 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 8:28 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > An attorney would on the stand have you define insurrection In that case I would tell the attorney I could not do so until he defined "define". Every definition in the dictionary is made of words, and every one of those words have their own definitions that are also in the dictionary which are also made of words, and round and round we go. But examples are far superior and more fundamental than definitions and are the only reason language has meaning, and I can give a concrete example of one: breaking into the Senate Chamber of the capitol building in Washington DC in order to prevent the democratic election of the next President of the United States as demanded by the US Constitution. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis I sort of want to draw this to a close. The problem is that these people are sick --- maybe outright mentally ill. Arguing with them is similar to arguing with creationists, where because they shave the issue to an ever finer point, such as the word game that spuds wants to engage in, they can claim a sort of victory or at least never concede. Creationists are absolutely convinced they have the whole biology world on the run with their arguments. This pattern of thinking and discourse has become an affliction that is turning American society into rubbish. LC -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/aec9dccf-033a-413d-b534-2ed89ebe28cbn%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/1242630668.1202019.1624029570882%40mail.yahoo.com.
