Steve, 

Do you remember in what childhood story, things run round and round a tree
until they turn into butter? 

Those things weren't monkeys,  weasels, OR MULBERRY BUSHES.  

Nick 

Hint:  No teacher would read this story to a child, nowadays.  

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Steve Smith
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 5:23 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] faith

Doug -

Congratulations on avoiding another opportunity to become someone's hood
ornament!
> Apropo of nothing, of course, except that I retain my faith that they 
> are out to get me when I'm on the motorcycle.
However, for the sake of the Monkey, the Weasel and the Mulberry bush, I
contend that your use of the world "faith" here aligns with my use of the
word "Faith" in general and roughly matches what those who I believe you
revile (or at least chide) do.  You (as they) choose a *working
statement* which has no basis in fact (has been refuted or at least can't be
verified), but which *works well for you* and the *rhetoric* of the
statement plays well within your community (of other riders who subscribe to
the same Faith).

I think I'm turning to butter.

- Steve



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