> [Platt] > "Usefulness" or practicality is a poor standard for judging the advances > of > science, as Pirsig rightly points out: > > [Krimel] > Every time it comes up, I try to defend your right to post here. But > frankly > I find your endless posting of Pirsig quotes offensive as I suspect Bob > does > as well. You twist his statements into something enormously creepy. Your > misrepresentations of Pirsig are exactly what has often led me to point > out > errors in Pirsig's use of terms and grasp of important issues. So while > I > will continue to defend your right to speak I have no desire to engage in > a > battle of wits with an unarmed man.
You provide high humor with your numerous "corrections" of Pirsig's "errors." > [Platt] > Scientifically based eugenics, for example, was a very popular to > progressives in the early part of the 20th century. It was a useful way to > assure the evolution of society. Today some scientists support a phoney > global warming crisis to give progressives more power. After all, most > funding for science comes from the state. > > [Krimel] > See above, for glaring and repeated examples of your witlessness. Your > comments on such matters inspire little more than nervous laughter and > embarrassment for you. Engaging you in conversation or trying to show > you > how silly this kind of talk is futile, so carry on without me. Carrying on without you is not a problem. > [Platt] > Marsha, WillBlake2 and others are right to raise cautionary flags about > the > religion of science. > > [Krimel] > I know comprehension is too much to ask for, but if you had only read what > I > wrote, you would see that I not only agreed with this be spelled out why. I know it's too much to ask for, but apparently you failed to read in my statement a reference to "others." You were obviously offended (again) by my omitting your name. Hopefully you'll mature some day to the point when you realize no one really cares how you feel. Platt Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
