Hello Mark, Ant, and Dave (whom I'd like to drag into this conversation to answer an architectural question),
[Mark said] I could ask, why did the cars crash. The answer could be: because they were driving too fast. But then I would ask why were they driving too fast? Because they were late, then, why were they late, etc, etc. This is what I mean, reasons for reasons. Now, it is common to think that since you have more reasons, you understand it better. But do you? Why do the extra reasons make you feel like you understand it better?... Those reasons are not my choice. ----- [Mary replies] At first I misread you, I think. I thought you were saying you didn't have any choice about what reasons were satisfactory to you to explain anything, then it occurred to me that you probably meant just those particular scientific or logical reasons. But my misreading got me thinking. Do we have any choice about what reasons we find acceptable as an answer to anything? >From personal experience I say, that instant when you become _convinced_ of something is a Dynamic Quality Event. Think about the last time you wrestled with a question. Maybe it bothered you for a long time, then one day, after thinking about it off and on for weeks or months or years, you suddenly _knew_ the answer. Can one of you explain what qualities (with a little q, as in attributes) are required for us to become convinced? Do you think these attributes are the same for everyone? When we are _convinced_ we have added another conclusion to our set of beliefs. Conclusions we are convinced of form the entirety of our belief system. The scientific method is a way to bring flexibility to our beliefs; making them contingent upon new information. But it is itself a belief, apparently. Dave, why do you think it is that everyone, everywhere feels correctness or satisfaction in the Golden Ratio? A+B is to A, as A is to B. Mary 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/
