Bob W wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>Behalf Of Cotty >>Sent: 15 November 2006 20:30 >>To: pentax list >>Subject: Re: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list? >> >>On 15/11/06, J. C. O'Connell, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> >>>Two diametrically opposing contentions >>>cannot both be true. >> >>...to a computer. Humans are not computers. Reality is > > subjective!!! > > > during the time of the Derg in Ethiopia the regime took a dislike to > 'pointy-headed intellectuals' who made statements like that. One of > the things they took pleasure in doing was saying to their political > prisoners "This, my friend, is the objective reality" then shooting > them through the head. > > There is quite a simple test for people who claim that reality is > subjective. To find out if they really (objectively!) believe it, hand > them a revolver and invite them to play Russian roulette. > > Regards > Bob > >
We preferred brick walls in University (Had a real problem with 1st year Psych students going off on Subjective Reality). That way you had someone to gloat over afterwards, rather than a body to bury. Reality is objective. Truths can be objective or subjective, but not both. G=9.8m/s/s is an objective truth. Beer tastes good is a subjective truth (although it verges on the objective ;-) ) -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
