The intent was to produce a pragmatic perspective, not a philosophical one. By avoiding the telling of escapist fantasy-world fairy tails in the first place, there will be less untruth to deal with at later stages in life.
--Doug On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:08 AM, glen <[email protected]> wrote: > Douglas Roberts wrote at 04/25/2013 09:44 AM: > > A better question might be: why are we still teaching them these > > dishonest little fairy tales in the first place, which we then have to > > un-teach later? > > I admit that's a more philosophical question, but not a better one. > It's not clear how answering that question will help address the applied > complexity problem of handling the mature organism, where these beliefs > are deeply rooted and may well affect their physiology in some way. > > Harris' questions get to the root of the applied complexity problem. Do > you tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth to a dying old > person? If so, is that medically beneficial or detrimental? > > -- > =><= glen e. p. ropella > Man alive the jive and lyrics, > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts [email protected]* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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