> >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.
Marsha: And is there only one absolute way to define uncertainty? Pagels isn't even mentioned in the Wikipedia page. [Krimel] In an interview with Bill Moyers she talked about how losing her son and husband in the same year influenced her understanding of her profession. She said that the experience of powerlessness was devastating. She believes that we would rather feel anything else. If prayer makes us feel like we can influence the divine will, then we have some power. But I think she must have her own wiki page. Marsha; It's not you Krimel. I'm just trying to understand your, what to me seems strange, ideas. [Krimel] Well they don't seem strange to me and if you don't understand them I can hardly be faulted for not trying over and over again. 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/
