That should have been 'condescension' rather than 'condensation', but I'm sure 
that was obvious.   


On Apr 17, 2011, at 1:28 PM, MarshaV wrote:

> 
> Marsha:
> Yet again, dmb, conflates caring, with caring about himself.   While he 
> quotes RMP that the 'Cartesian self' is an illusion, he forever struggles to 
> puff up his status at the expense of someone else.  Rather than present 
> interesting MoQ ideas for discussion, he is prone to dangling quotes, feigned 
> indignation and whining.  Harassment and hyperbole rather than dialogue is 
> his style.  His condescension does not allow for honest debate, as he 
> disappears at the first sign of a legitimate defense.  
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> Dmb, you have absolutely nothing I want.  Nothing!
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> On Apr 17, 2011, at 10:56 AM, david buchanan wrote:
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>> Dan said to Marsha:
>> "Lila" as presented in my quote above doesn't refer to the "Cartesian self." 
>> RMP has stated that is an illusion. Lila refers to the Dynamic choice which 
>> drives evolution... not to an individual. I thought that was clear but I 
>> guess not...
>> 
>> dmb says:
>> Right. Marsha is conflating two completely different ideas of the self. The 
>> MOQ rejects the Cartesian self as a ridiculous fiction and replaces that 
>> concept of the self with the MOQ's concept of the self as a complex ecology 
>> of static patterns. The Cartesian self is the problem and the MOQ's self is 
>> the solution to that problem. But Marsha has confused and conflated these 
>> two concepts so that she ends up rejecting the MOQ's solution. Then the 
>> MOQ's solution, not to mention the author of the MOQ, is misconstrued as the 
>> ridiculous fiction. She can't distinguish between the poison and the 
>> antidote, between the wreckage and the repair job. 
>> 
>> It's a good thing that she is neither a doctor nor a mechanic, otherwise 
>> somebody would almost certainly get injured, if not killed.
>> 
>> If someone asserted that it's a shame to have dirty hands and offered soap 
>> as a solution, Marsha would "interpret" that to mean that hands are dirt and 
>> we ought not have them. Yep, she really knows how to take a problem and make 
>> it much worse. Major talent there.
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