I don't think my theory goes down the tube just 'cos Ian's no doubt
lovely young lady is talking in Morse Code.  I suspect the definition
of biology is what is not understood.  There is no going back Francis,
not after the incident with the transgendered penguin!  Biology has a
habit of developing things.

On 17 Feb, 21:32, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oh well, back to the catwalk, I suppose ... :-)
>
> Francis
>
> On 17 Feb., 18:22, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 17 Feb, 16:15, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > On 17 Feb., 14:49, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > On 16 Feb, 18:55, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Perhaps it is artificial.  I certainly had nothing to do with
> > > > constructing either language or matter.  So, I can only surmise these
> > > > to be natural.  Whether they are analogous, well, if so, then that
> > > > would, too, be natural; if they (language and matter) are, in fact,
> > > > artificial, then any semblence between them would be as artificial as
> > > > the things themselves.  
>
> > > Ah, but Pat, this is where you miss my point. I wasn't talking about
> > > language or matter, rather the categories we use to analyse them; to
> > > wit, our conventional grammatic categorisations, or even the periodic
> > > table of elements. These are models, and - as I'm sure you will agree
> > > (even while embarked on your search for the Universal Theory of
> > > Everything) - we can use many different models to achieve insights
> > > into that which we perceive. It is, however, always risky to push
> > > models too far - above all, to forget that models are just that,
> > > models.
>
> > True.  But that never stopped Kate Moss.  ;-)
>
> > > Francis

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