Hi John in discussion with DMB and (I think) Dan, DMB said: It's just about thinking and talking badly. It's about ruining the possibility of any real communication. We trade in words and ideas here and so this is NOT nit picking about typos or spelling errors. To misconstrue the basic meaning of these terms is intellectually paralyzing. When confused concepts are being used at that basic level, the conversation is going nowhere fast.
Agree completely, DMB, so let me see if I understand your objection. Are you saying that static latches are absolutes that never change? That seems to be your point, but you know things latch and unlatch all the time; to be replaced when something 'better' comes along. Some latches are very strong and persist for a long time, others are weak and quickly come unlatched, and sometimes things are tried out then discarded almost immediately when their anticipated value fails to 'materialize' (so to speak). John asked: can you demonstrate any object or pattern that is truly static, in all of experience? No, you cannot. I've been wondering when somebody was going to ask this question. Thanks, John. If static latches are never-changing, somebody should be able to name one. I won't try to speak for Marsha, but on some basic level this has to be what she is saying. Nothing we can name is permanent, ergo 'ever changing' is completely correct. Maybe some things just take longer to change than others so that they appear to be permanent? Permanence is an illusion just like subjects and objects are an illusion. Best, 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/md/archives.html
