Again I don't know about that one Gruff. We are all guilty of declaring with the utmost certianty that which we 'know' to be true. I know that a creator God exists, am I arrogant for saying so? Do you find 'having the courage of your convictions' arrogant, or is it rather the way that things come across that you find fault with?
I think based wholely on subjective evidance and experiance of interaction with people that none of us likes to be told we are wrong. On 26 Aug, 15:33, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > "... On Aug 26, 6:52 am, Pat <[email protected]> > wrote: ..." > > > Rather, it's easily derivable from a Minkowski space-time. > > Einstein knew it and Minkowski knew it. Arrogance is, quite often, > > the opinion of the ignorant. I asked you to back up your assertion, > > can you? And even more relevant to YOUR arrogance, how have you come > > to know that which is unknowable and/or how do you know what is > > knowable by me? > > I dispute your assertion that Minkowski and Einstein "knew" anything > and I doubt whether either of them would be so arrogant as to say they > "knew" something to be. I believe they would use more relative terms > such as "based on such and such it appear that ....". I don't want > this to break off into a discussion of knowledge and knowing but the > arrogance implicit in such statements as "knowing" anything at all > about such ethereal subjects is, as you say, an opinion of the > ignorant supported by nothing so much as the hubris and bravado of the > speaker (or writer in this case.) > > As regards your statement that my arrogance has come to let me know > that which is unknowable, the easiest thing in the world is to know > what one does not know and requires not arrogance but rather humility, > a quality which seems to be missing in many of the statements here on > ME of late. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
