Poetry beats sarcasm - 'cos Ian says so ;-)
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:33 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Cold hearted orb that rules the night > Removes the colours from our sight > Red is grey and yellow white > But we decide which is right > > And which is an illusion" > > > > > On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote: > >> Sarcasm 1 Content 0 ? >> >> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:22 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Oh, and: Nice try. >>> >>> >>> On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:16 AM, MarshaV wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Ah well, it's Ian who decides when an issue is too contentious >>>> to consider a wikipedia quote. >>>> >>>> So all I have to say is: that's interesting. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:04 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote: >>>> >>>>> Marsha asked of Krim ... >>>>> >>>>>> The MoQ is based on Darwin and the Tao? Anyone besides you think >>>>>> that this is so? >>>>> >>>>> [IG] Yes, clearly. >>>>> >>>>>> First, evolution has changed considerably since the days >>>>>> of Darwin's publications, and the evolution of species is quite >>>>>> different than >>>>>> the evolution of static patterns. >>>>> >>>>> [IG] Clearly again, the model of evolution has itself evolved as both >>>>> Darwin and Pirsig would predict and continues to do so. I see no >>>>> difference in the evolutionary processes .... I regularly use the word >>>>> "species" to denote any static pattern. Species are "special" in the >>>>> sense of being distinct, long-lived over multiple generations, and >>>>> therefore self-sustaining, repairing / reproducing over many >>>>> generations .... in all levels above the organic (not just >>>>> biological). >>>>> >>>>> Clearly Darwin didn't have the benefit of a Taoist monism at the >>>>> heart of his thinking .... GOF phyisicalist scientific objectivism >>>>> only .... but see above. Neither Darwin nor Pirsig, nor any of us >>>>> (their interpreters) have it 100% right, that would be terminal. I >>>>> tend to be less critical of that fact, but I wouldn't argue for >>>>> perfection. >>>>> >>>>> Ian >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ___ >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >> 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 > > > > ___ > > > 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 > 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
