At 12:29 PM 7/7/2009, you wrote:
>Krimel:
>I would say we tend to "value" meaning or the reduction of uncertainty.
>Uncertainty is our constant dark companion. We dread it and fight it with
>the very fiber of our being.
Marsha
I totally disagree with this statement, and wonder how you think to
generalize with the "We". I simply do not understand how you come
to this conclusion.
[Krimel]
Uncertainty is THE philosophically significant realization of the past
century. Information Theory defines "meaning" as reduction in uncertainty. I
think it is a good definition and can be applied to almost any use of the
term.
My understanding of our response to uncertainty is heavily influenced by the
religious historian Elaine Pagels.
Whenever I say 'we' henceforth read it to mean "anyone with sufficient
intelligence in interest to look into it." If you feel excluded, I will
understand. But your constant harping on my style is juvenile.
Krimel,
And is there only one absolute way to define uncertainty? Pagels
isn't even mentioned in the Wikipedia page.
It's not you Krimel. I'm just trying to understand your, what to me
seems strange, ideas.
But wonder at your complaint about 'harping'. Hahahaha....
Marsha
"Compassion diminishes fright about your own pain and increases inner
strength." ~His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
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