Greetings Craig,
On Apr 10, 2012, at 1:17 PM, [email protected] wrote: > “whatever conceptual model we come up with, it cannot ultimately serve as a > substitute for Reality. > And while we might be tempted to shrug off this observation, ignoring its > implications is potentially devastating." > > I think just the opposite. > I think the "conceptual model we come up with" is greater than our Reality. > For instance, the tetnus germ is no part of my experience. I have never > perceived it nor have I ever known that > I was or will be affected by it. It might as well be a theoretical entity. > Yet I get my tetnus shot--not to do so > would be "potentially devastating." > > Craig > Probably this represents a good bit of precautionary, static projection, but would you want to conceive of all such _probabilities_ of 'devastating potentiality' as the Ultimate Truth? Marsha 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
