I think you hit the button Jim. I have seen academe die in the do do - become Slip's Dodo. Argument is often just a performance - decisions made not in the dialogue but later in the closed-rooms of power.
On 22 Oct, 20:44, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > I know just what you mean,, ideas have to have time to develop, and even > then so many ideas are beyond me. I am grateful people allow me to be part > of the group. It is so important to be able to think,, if I can not think it > is then I begin to die. > Allan > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think Jim that no matter what the end result of any threads here it > > is all helpful. > > > Even when we can't agree, even when we drift in and aout of topic, it > > all helps to focus the mind, to get the brain ticking over. I know > > for certian that every thread I perticipate in, it causes me to think > > deeply perhaps for weeks perhaps for months. Yes it is well worth my > > coming here, not matter how much do do I have to wade through. > > > On 22 Oct, 05:33, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SojAZ0X1e0 > > > > Before Francis beats me to it. > > > > When I do it it's 'cause of my wandering attention span. Makes my > > > link all the more relevant. > > > > dj > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > do do is a bird my friend! > > > > > Could you give us an example thread that has drifted off into doo-doo? > > > > > Doo, doo, doo, lookin out my back door. > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNczeP33Yk0 > > > > > On Oct 21, 6:19 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Has anyone else noticed that threads here often seem to drift off > > > >> into deeper and deeper do-do? Given the focus of this group, we might > > > >> all hope for increasing clarity and profundity as a thread develops. > > > >> But do-do seems to be an irresistible magnet. Yet we plod on, getting > > > >> in deeper and deeper instead of wiser and wiser. > > > >> Is ever deeper do-do just a tendency of human discourse? Or might > > > >> it be something that is inherent in philosophical discussions? Any > > > >> thoughts, Archy or Molly?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > ( > ) > I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
