> John: > I see cynicism as disillusioned idealism. There's some expectation > raised, and when it's not met we automatically retreat into a childish fit > of pique saying - It's not fair, or even - there's no such thing as fair, > it's all just random chance. > > [Krimel] > You are projecting your fear here. Chance is the ultimate arbiter of > fairness. That's why we flip coins to decide who kicks and who receives. > >
John: Well if the home team always won the toss, I think the visitors would grumble a bit about it being unfair. So there must be some expectation of fairness beyond mere chance - it's not the ultimate arbiter. The ultimate arbiter of fairness is the joint expectation of the players of the game. > A pessimist is an optimist with experience. Buddhists become free of fear > by > lowering their expectations, Christians by surrender to the unknowable will > of God. It's all just responses to uncertainty. > "And if the Son sets ye free, then ye are free indeed." > [Krimel] > I have no interest in killing intellectual patterns. > > I love to watch them breed. > > If I were interested in killing them, it would be for their pelts which I > would sew together into a cape and fly away. > > John: I guess I agree. Not about the fanciful flying, but killing ALL intellectual patterns sounds like an overzealous response to the biodiversity of intellect. A reductionist approach indeed! Kill the weak and unfit intellectual patterns, and let the good ones survive. Natural selection rules! 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/md/archives.html
