On 9 Feb 2005 at 6:48, Richard Yates wrote:

> > I don't think anybody has said physics has no significance, just
> > that it is not part of people's conscious thought processes while
> > making music or playing pool.
> 
> My part of this thread has been to respond to the post that said:
> "Physics is involved, but not at any conscious level, and not at any
> significant level".

In context, I was not talking about music. If I had been, I would 
have said "not at any significant *musical* level."

> This says that no aspect of physics is in consciousness when making
> music, and that physics is has no significant role in making music. . . 

No significant *musical* role.

You've taken one line out of its original context and applied it to 
an entirely different context, and that's why you're coming up with a 
nonsensical argument -- because it's one I've never made.

> . . . I
> think that this may have just been sloppy writing (rather than sloppy
> thinking) by the original postert, but people's continuing defense of
> it suggests otherwise.

The sloppiness is on your part for taking something from one context 
and arguing against it in a completely different context.

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David W. Fenton                        http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates                http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

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