On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Arlo Bensinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> [John] > > You can call it oops, you can call it aha, but the fact is, you don't > understand it. > > [Arlo] > What a strange rhetoric device? Telling people who *you* do not understand, > that they themselves don't understand what it is they are saying. Seems like > a convenient way to blame others for your own ignorance. But whatever... > > Hey Arlo, I understand smug superiority when I encounter it. And I don't blame anybody for my ignorance; I already explained once that I've discovered that I'm an Existentialist. My ignorance is freely chosen. > [John] > That's ok, if you can accept that the universe is more mysterious than your > scientific explanations can contain... > > [Arlo] > Well that's just more evidence or your own ignorance. > > [John] > ... you're reduced to ridiculously unverifiable postulations like sunlight > + time = life. > > [Arlo] > Yikes. Now you're borrowing a page from Platt's playbook?? Ai yi yi... > C'mon, John, you're better than that... > > Or maybe you're idea of "mysterious" is Platt's "Poof!". Maybe Houdini > really did have magical powers... > > As a wiser man than me once pointed out, the properly socratic method to employ at this time is: Ok, I'm ignorant. Now that that's been established, would you mind educating an ignorant wood cutter on the exact mechanism of the emergence of life, the universe and everything? Since you're a teacher and all, I figure you must have all the answers in your back pocket, eh? John the patiently waiting... > > > > 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/ > 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/
