Hi Ian, I think the question may be: How static do we make the human view? Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark
On Mar 27, 2012, at 1:46 AM, Ian Glendinning <ian.glendinn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Craig, > > Any idiot can look up wikipedia / dictionary definitions (even Platt) ;-) > I was obviously choosing to "create" my sentence by re-arranging the > same words Mark had used. > > (If we are going to discuss Anthropocentrism we need to bear in mind > that there are 4 or 5 or maybe 6 different weak and strong versions of > the anthropic principles. Being contentious & debatable - they never > stick on wiki pages more than 5 minutes - so that's the worst place to > look.) > > This is the last thing I posted - but it's a recurring theme. > http://www.psybertron.org/?p=3981 > > Ian > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:09 AM, <craig...@comcast.net> wrote: >> CORRECTED SUBJECT LINE: >> >> [Mark] >>> Anthropocentrism means that "the way we see things is the way they must be." >> >> [Ian] >>> [Anthropocentrism means that] "the way we see things is the way we must see >>> them." >> >> [Wikipedia] >>> Anthropocentrism describes an analysis from the perspective that human >>> beings are the central, only or most significant animal >>> species, or the assessment of reality through an exclusively human >>> perspective. >> >> See also >> >> [Wikipedia] >>> In astrophysics and cosmology, the anthropic principle is the philosophical >>> argument that observations of the physical Universe >>> must be compatible with the conscious life that observes it. >> Craig >> >> >> >> 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
