Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've excised all the irrelevant bits. > > [Arlo's Question One Still Unanswered] > You had said that there existed a single animal, let's call it Animal X, that > existed at some time in the past, that COULD respond to DQ. You have also said > that no animal today can respond to DQ. > > Give me an example of something Animal X could do, as an animal that could > respond to DQ, that no animal today can do. There is Animal X over by that > tree... tell me what it could do that no animal today can do. > > [Arlo Question Two Still Unanswered] > Can all humans respond to DQ? > > You've tried to clarify this by asking about Alzheimer's patients and those > suffering from Multiple-Personality Disorder. So, to make it easier, I am > defining humans as any biological creature of the order homo sapiens. Now, > please answer. (You can always say "yes, with the exception of...") > > [Platt] > So how come you think the unsocial wind responds to DQ? > > [Arlo] > The wind is inorganic patterns responding to DQ on the inorganic level. Humans > are enabled to respond ot DQ on the social and intellectual levels (in > addition > to the inorganic and biological levels). > > [Arlo's Unanwered Question Three] > Let's take what we consider to be homo sapiens, what's that about 200,000 > years > ago? During this time, was there any simultaneous overlap as I mentioned? No? > > [Platt] > If you were alive them, perhaps you can tell us? > > [Arlo] > Speculate. When, in your opinion, did the last animal who could respond to DQ > live? A million years ago? Ten million? The point is, if animals could at one > time respond to DQ, but no longer can, I am interested in "how" they lost this > ability. > > [Arlo's Unanswered Question Four] > Is there anything in our universe, apart from that which involves "man", that > is still evolving? What about on earth? Examples? > > [Platt] > In our universe? Please define? Do you think man is still evolving? How so? > > [Arlo] > Yes, I think all levels are still evolving. Now, do you think there is > anything > on earth that is still evolving with the exception of that which includes > "man"? > > [Arlo had said] > Or, you could say, "I hold an absurd position that I am unable to justify or > defend, but I wish to hold it anyway because I am more interested in clinging > to my beliefs than I am in expanding my understanding", and we can just leave > it at that. It would sure beat the little run-arounds and rhetoric games than > say the same thing. Just thought I'd give you this out... > > [Platt] > Or you could say, "I hold an absurd position that everything experiences DQ > all > the time which I am unable to justify or provide one scintilla of evidence > for, > but I wish to hold it anyway because I'm more interested in clinging to my > beliefs than I am in expanding my understanding, and we can just leave it at > that." > > [Arlo] > Thanks for the Pee-Wee Manuever, but it makes no sense (I mean, it makes sense > why you do it, sadly, but it makes no sense logically). I can answer all of > these question, have answered all of these questions, from my position. > > So prove me wrong. If your position is not the absurd one, answer the > questions...
Answering your questions will not indicate my position is the absurd one, but your failure to provide a scintilla of evidence for your postion suggests your position won't even meet the basic requirement for a cogent argument. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
