Can't argue with that Ron, But how did you relate it to the post you responded to ? Ian
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 3:33 PM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ian said to dmb: > > Yes, I do, [think reductionism is the epitome of amoral scientific > objectivity] > which is why the point you snipped was followed (and preceded) by several buts > and conditions ... > > > dmb says: > Yea, I certainly noticed your buts and conditions. But surely you realize by > now > that I really, really hate that kind of equivocation. You're not being subtle > or > nuanced, which would be fine. You're just being a wishy-washy weasel. What > don't > you take a position and stick to it, for once. Your efforts to be on every > side > of every issue does not help at all. It's drivel. It's far more egotistical > than > intellectual and in fact it almost always confuses and blurs whatever the > topic > or issue is. > Sorry, but that's how I feel. I just hate it. How many years have I been > complaining about that, Ian? Not hours, days, weeks or months. Years. WTF? > > Ron butts in: > > It is an interesting example of how we may obtain meaning from what we mean > when > we use the term > being "Radically empirical". Does it mean taking all acounts into > consideration > at all times? or may > it mean the ability to elimiate some possibilites based on experience and > history. To me it means > the necessity to develope and examine our reasons for holding to the ability > to > accurately exercise > value and choice when it comes to the elimenation of certain possibilities > based > on the consequences > of their being true. It's what makes some things better than others. > > James might say that we could elimenate certain possibilities based on their > usefulness. > > > > 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
