Phew!
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 4:49 AM, Dan Glover daneglo...@gmail.com wrote:
John,
I for one am glad they didn't run you off. I enjoy our discussions
even if we don't agree. I think it's good to examine these differences
of opinion and helps to build a more solid foundation for the MOQ.
John L. McConnell said:
...But David, although I have respected your scholarship, your intelligence,
your insights, and most of all your friendship and high regard for Dr. Pirisg,
I have failed to find tolerance, empathy, compassion, or any other basis for
dialogue with you. Right thinking
I can understand the frustration
And there seems to be a bit more
History behind the exchange between
John, Ant and Dave that most of us are unaware of ...having said that..
Intellectualism, that project started
By the ancient Greeks, is in serious trouble in current western culture.
Like any
Ron said:
...Like any problem, one must school themselves in the history and context of
the difficulty in order to successfully come to an adequate solution. For
example if a tech forum for motorcycles, let's say Harley Davidson cycles (they
are particular beasts in the engine world) was
I don't know how the idea that I'm anti-intellectual got started. I might
be a bit anti-academic because I see the same problems that I quoted from
ZAMM - the system of authority tends to warp the professors and turn what
SHOULD be an intellectual debate into a social kiss-ass party. If you
Talk about devolution! Or is it decadence?
I know you are all good men. I hope everyone here will soon take up again
that noble mantel, Namely, to discover what's best.
I have to apologize for my suggestion that art was the next evolutionary
pattern to arise from intellect. It's wrong. Art is
[DMB]
The substance of the complaints against John's assertions with respect to
intellectual values is that John can maintain his anti-intellectualism only by
ignoring the distinction between the problem (SOM) and the solution (MOQ). John
keeps treating intellectual values as they exist in the
John,
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 1:49 PM, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Dan,
It's been a busy weekend, getting the place cleaned up for guests for
Sarah's wedding.
Dan:
A wedding! That's wonderful! I love weddings, as long as it isn't
mine. :-) Congratulations!
On Sat, May 17,
