On 19 Aug 2014, at 02:18, meekerdb wrote:
Are you aware of the research by the dating website OKCupid that
showed that the best way to find out if your date believes in God,
without asking directly, is to ask if they are persnickety about
spelling and grammar. No indicates a likely
On 17 Aug 2014, at 06:28, meekerdb wrote:
On 8/16/2014 4:57 PM, James Lindsay wrote:
Hi Brent,
Thanks for the note. I like the thought about mathematics as a
refinement of language. I also think of it as a specialization of
philosophy, or even a highly distilled variant upon it with
On 17 Aug 2014, at 07:23, LizR wrote:
PS You do know you can delete posts from the EL, don't you?
But not from the mail boxes. Besides, I am against all post deletions,
except on facebook when people use your wall for advertising, or when
they repeat insults.
What would be nice is an
I wish that often, but then I'm (a) pernickety* about grammar and spelling,
and (b) generally in a hurry!
*Or a word spelled something like that!
On 18 August 2014 23:44, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote:
On 17 Aug 2014, at 07:23, LizR wrote:
PS You do know you can delete posts from
Are you aware of the research by the dating website OKCupid that showed that the best way
to find out if your date believes in God, without asking directly, is to ask if they are
persnickety about spelling and grammar. No indicates a likely believer. Yes means a
likely atheist.
It's purely
On 8/16/2014 4:57 PM, James Lindsay wrote:
Hi Brent,
Thanks for the note. I like the thought about mathematics as a refinement of language. I
also think of it as a specialization of philosophy, or even a highly distilled variant
upon it with limited scope. Indeed, I frequently conceive of
OOPS! I didn't intend to post this to the everything-list; although it may serve as an
introduction for James Lindsay if he decides to join the list. I wrote to him after
reading his book dot dot do which is about infinity in mathematics and philosophy.
Brent
On 8/16/2014 9:28 PM, meekerdb
Never mind, you stated your position nice and clearly, perhaps more clearly
than you normally do on the EL.
(...or is that why you're saying OOPS! ? :-)
On 17 August 2014 16:54, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote:
OOPS! I didn't intend to post this to the everything-list; although it
may
PS You do know you can delete posts from the EL, don't you?
On 17 August 2014 17:23, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
Never mind, you stated your position nice and clearly, perhaps more
clearly than you normally do on the EL.
(...or is that why you're saying OOPS! ? :-)
On 17 August 2014
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