See Ian, It's the power of mythos that lends Logos it's utility. The meaning of words, is a story generalized down to a single thought, a word. Which then some folks make the mistake of reifying. Reification is often a comedic tool used as satire. My favorite kind as a cartoonist.
My wife and I just started a new girlscout troop along with a few other parents, we looked up the word "scout" after I asked them what it means to them. We played the "why" game reducing every explanation to a story a reason why. Every explanation reduced down to "because I like it" because it's "good". -Ron ----- Original Message ---- From: X Acto <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 8:25:31 AM Subject: Re: [MD] Noncognitive babble Ian, Yup, I liked how you connected everything up. what did I do to deseve the snark. except agree and commend ----- Original Message ---- From: Ian Glendinning <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 8:20:02 AM Subject: Re: [MD] Noncognitive babble Hi Ron Mythos has power - no argument Observation is cool - no argument Did I get your point ? Ian On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 1:01 PM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian, > The power of mythos. > > cool observation > > -Ron > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Ian Glendinning <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 6:14:06 AM > Subject: Re: [MD] Noncognitive babble > > Hi DMB, > > Nice one " It seems quite artificial even to me. it's not really about > facts or values so much as it's about statements. I can see that it's > all very carefully thought out and exact and yet it's empty and > lifeless. I mean, I don't think that way of defeating the problem > isn't very moving. i'd even say this analytic approach is part of the > problem or a symptom of it." > > Exactly, I think each younger generation is as mixed up as the > previous grey beard generation. None of us has a monopoly. Oh and btw > ... "Did you know that human, humility and humble all come from a > common root meaning "dirt"? I kid you not." > > Etymology is a major reason I like Pirsig. In order to avoid the > (dirty word) "evolutionary psychology" or EvoPsych, I would point out > that the MoQ is "evolutionary" and the top two levels we spend miles > of email debating are ... err ... "psychological" That dirt is the > physio-biological bottom half of the story. Doh ! How perfectly the > story fits. > > 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
