Re: [MD] Science - Delusions in Search of Theory

2010-10-28 Thread Ian Glendinning
on here ... Einstein / Goldilocks / Anthropic ... ? http://www.psybertron.org/?p=3589 Ian On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:09 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: That's one expensive book ($90), and out-of-stock.   Too bad, I'd love to read it. On Oct 28, 2010, at 9:05 AM, MarshaV wrote

Re: [MD] Science - Delusions in Search of Theory

2010-10-28 Thread Ian Glendinning
Many thanks Platt beat me to it ;-) Ian On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:04 PM, platthol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Marsha, You can download a copy. For information, go to: http://sciencesfirstmistake.wordpress.com/free-download/ Platt On 28 Oct 2010 at 9:09, MarshaV wrote: That's one

Re: [MD] Science - Delusions in Search of Theory

2010-10-28 Thread Ian Glendinning
In what way is Ian Angell's home page religious fanaticism Adrie ?!?! Ian On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:21 PM, ADRIE KINTZIGER parser...@gmail.com wrote: http://is2.lse.ac.uk/IanAngell/papers/First%20Mistake/Religion.htm Religious Fanatism, angell's home page. 2010/10/28 Ian Glendinning

Re: [MD] Science - Delusions in Search of Theory

2010-10-28 Thread Ian Glendinning
, nothing works in this space without balance. Ian On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 5:13 PM, ADRIE KINTZIGER parser...@gmail.com wrote: Its one big-barnum event to spread the gospel. him and christmas are all over the place. Its a creationist of the bad kind, trying to ridicule science. sent from my arse

[MD] Science - Delusions in Search of Theory

2010-10-27 Thread Ian Glendinning
Interesting sounding Thinking Allowed later today. ... are most scientific claims little more than delusions? The Professor of Information Systems, Ian Angell talks about his co-authored book 'Science's First Mistake' which critiques science's claims to 'truth'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes

Re: [MD] Intelligent Design

2010-10-25 Thread Ian
(or theological) questions about creation of the universe. Scientists, like SOMists in general, seem to prefer to argue with religious wingnuts than do science. Sad. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 24 Oct 2010, at 18:05, Steven Peterson peterson.st...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mark, [Mark

Re: [MD] Intelligent Design

2010-10-25 Thread Ian Glendinning
And Steve, science is irrelevant to creation. (I see no value in debating what design / designer means BTW) Ian On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Steven Peterson peterson.st...@gmail.com wrote: Hi 118, Steve: Intelligent design doesn't require a God but it does require a designer. ID

Re: [MD] Intelligent Design

2010-10-25 Thread Ian Glendinning
or theological) has nothing to do with science ever, not even in principle. How hard can it be ? Ian On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Steven Peterson peterson.st...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ian, On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Ian Glendinning ian.glendinn...@gmail.com wrote: And Steve, science

Re: [MD] Intelligent Design

2010-10-25 Thread Ian Glendinning
It's not you I'm getting at by the way Steve ... (the level of wingnuttiness around here means you're one of those it's possible to have an enlightened conversation with). On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Steven Peterson peterson.st...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ian, On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:52 AM

Re: [MD] Intelligent Design

2010-10-25 Thread Ian
the distinction. I'm gonna have to go back to using scare quotes. I didn't use that word originally. Evolution and creation are distinct. The former is legitimately scientific, the latter isn't. Let's start there. And you can read what I posted, from the top. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 25

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-25 Thread Ian
Nothing wrong with politics Platt, just partisan politics that is a product of SOMism. Left right left right left right subject object subject object Zz Noticed you didn't bother to respond when I started a thread on pragmatic capitalism. But I expect I'm a pinko. Sorry Ian

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-25 Thread Ian
. The quality of argument itself. Each to his own. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 25 Oct 2010, at 19:31, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: Ian said: Nothing wrong with politics Platt, just partisan politics that is a product of SOMism. Left right left right left right subject object

Re: [MD] Intelligent Design

2010-10-25 Thread Ian
Yes but that's just a truism Craig. Let's up our game guys. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 25 Oct 2010, at 19:58, craig...@comcast.net wrote: [Steve] No evidence could ever confirm [ID] since it is impossible to even imagine evidence that could ever be inconsistent with it. Unless we can say

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-25 Thread Ian
You're an arsehole too Platt, but fortunately not all arseholes are created equal. Sent from my iPhone On 25 Oct 2010, at 22:42, Platt Holden platthol...@gmail.com wrote: What DMB always leaves out (for obvious reasons) is that Pirsig, after saying all that about the intellectual

Re: [MD] Intelligent Design

2010-10-25 Thread Ian
Pity the user didn't benefit from intelligent design too :-) Sorry Horse - I'll stop now. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 25 Oct 2010, at 22:12, platthol...@gmail.com wrote: Let's up our game to scientific evidence, guys. A basic article of scientific faith is that there exists an orderly world

Re: [MD] Tea Bagging

2010-10-24 Thread Ian Glendinning
to work, since it is not possible for SOMism to be complete and consistent internally. SOM is the institution that needs breaking. Ian On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Horse ho...@darkstar.uk.net wrote:  Hi Mark Horse On 23/10/2010 06:01, 118 wrote: Hi Horse, Now, I am not a historian but I

Re: [MD] Tea Bagging

2010-10-24 Thread Ian Glendinning
, right, left, right dichotomise away stormtroopers. Ian 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

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-24 Thread Ian Glendinning
, in my first hand experience of both public and private in both. It's only an argument if you want it to be. Left, right, left, right, left, right ... Ian Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-24 Thread Ian Glendinning
Hi Mark, you first, What kind of controls does the US place on its private (health) insurance companies ? Ian On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 3:55 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ian, What kind of controls does the UK place on its private insurance carriers? Thanks, Mark On Sun, Oct 24

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-24 Thread Ian
No Mark, he he, you first. You asked the question specifically about the UK situation, implying it was different to the normal US situation in some way significant. Seemed to me you were making a rhetorical point. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 25 Oct 2010, at 04:57, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com

Re: [MD] Tea Bagging

2010-10-23 Thread Ian Glendinning
to find middle ways. This whole thread is a fine example of brains wasted on word games manure by any other name would smell as bad in efforts to win arguments. Win ! Some never learn. IMHO natch. A pox on both your houses, pinkos and rednecks. Ian On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 6:16 AM, 118 ununocti

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-21 Thread Ian Glendinning
Which is utterly irrelevant to the point as you know Craig. (The earth's sun, this solar system, our home.) Ian (and they call me smart-ass) On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:49 AM, craig...@comcast.net wrote: [Ian] If science is right it appears Copernicus was right all along, and the Earth really

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-21 Thread Ian Glendinning
Then I consider that significant agreement Mark. (Generally on here if one points out problems with science one is accused of being either anti-intellectual or pro-theistic-religion, both of which are separate issues.) Ian On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:42 AM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [MD] Scientism

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
. (ie I'm with Steve on pragmatic anti-skepticism) The sad thing is that most science claims to be scientific - in the emprically falsifiable kinda way - whereas in practice most scientific theory and scientists are far from scientific. Neurotic. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:15 AM, 118 ununocti

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
Steve, This is exactly the same point as the other thread ... Science has no values. Not officially As you say Pirsig's point was not to put science down, but to point out where it needed to improve its act. Pragmatic anti-skepticism, as you said in the other thread. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
Stop Press ... Hot News Andre to Platt Platt, you are avoiding the question I asked Regards ;-) Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Andre Broersen andrebroer...@gmail.comwrote: Platt to Andre: Rather it's the Muslim ayatollahs who, in the name of Allah, promote murder. Andre

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
I shall have to switch emoticons if ;-) is all knowing Anything is possible, agreed ;-o Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:26 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Ian, And it could be the question is a red herring and not worthy of an answer. It might be, and I'm not saying

[MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
If science is right it appears Copernicus was right all along, and the Earth really is the centre of the universe. http://www.psybertron.org/?p=3589 (Clue - science is wrong - shock, horror ;-o ) Ian Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
Look Marsha, that's a dirty strawman trick is there any question I was asked that I'm avoiding ? Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:33 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Or if it's not, anything is possible too, especially your brand of avoidance. On Oct 20, 2010, at 5:30 AM, Ian

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
Hi Marsha, The Wallace book, I've heard of, but ... Resurrect it - what's it ? Whose comments on what programme ? Regards Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:37 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Ian, The Wallace book 'Choosing Reality' was enlightening. It will take much more than a Hawking

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
Hi Marsha, I'll treat aren't you cute as a rhetorical question, not requiring an answer. If I'm wrong, do let me know. Now back to the universe ... Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:41 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: After looking I can only say 'Aren't you cute!' The archives are chocked

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
Hi Andre ... again, all old news, but yes. BTW I love the US and Americans in general. Platt is a whole 'nother animal, very un-American in my experience. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Andre Broersen andrebroer...@gmail.comwrote: Ian: Stop Press ... Hot News Andre to Platt

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
to spread awareness of the problem. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:05 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Sorry. I meant science. It will take much more than Hawking hawking its theories to resurrect science to an exalted position. On Oct 20, 2010, at 5:55 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
. (In doing so, I do risk appearing not to support the first argument but nothing could be further from the truth.) If I wrote so dmb could understand me, I think our differences would be purely tactical - choosing our battlegrounds. Standing by for DMB's ridicule. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
it showed how little sincerity had to do with Christianity. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:11 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Ian, I see the hope in the enigma, that science is beyond making sense. It might be a time for a paradigm shift in thinking.  There's hints and hope. I love

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
Stanley Hauerwas is US top theologian hence the irony ? http://stanleyhauerwas.blogspot.com/ Very interesting discussion with him on the BBC on Monday. http://www.psybertron.org/?p=3582 Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:45 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: I do not know who Stanley

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
such. Reality is indeed some middle position. Our stories are all part of some larger whole. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:30 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Ian, I listened to the BBC discussion.  The whole thing made me uncomfortable.  Save me from God, religion and Humanism, but more than

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
Hi Platt, you said [Emergence] only describes what happened. Which is good surely, ie it's honest and empirical ? Any explanation that doesn't would therefore be dishonest. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:45 PM, platthol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mark, Well said. Science constantly ascribes

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
pundits - in order to progress the debate. Currently reading Karen Armstrong. http://www.psybertron.org/?p=3567 http://www.psybertron.org/?p=3329 Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Ian Glendinning ian.glendinn...@gmail.com wrote: Exactly Marsha, me too, Which is why I noted it as highly

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
of my journey. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:39 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 20, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote: And even Baroness Warnock, devout Christian theist and erstwhile critic of Pirsig - her new book / agenda is precisely about keep religion out of politics

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
Yes, but we're just back to a debate on the meaning of the word explain, how, why, etc. Which is where we started 8 years ago Platt, and I'm more interested in honesty than word games. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Platt Holden platthol...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
My dream too, Steve. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Steven Peterson peterson.st...@gmail.com wrote: Steve: What spiritual matters are you talking about? Harris embraces a new spiritual rationality that recognizes that science presupposes values and can apply its reason to study values

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
is to be disparaged. It's why I cited Talbot (not Capra) incidentally - Capra does push the boundaries a bit far (even for a MoQist) in his Holographic Universe. Unfortunately Talbot doesn't seem to have the PR agent that Capra has, but his writing is better ... and he's a Brit ;-) Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3

[MD] Copernican Conundrum

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
Seriously though, starting afresh, for anyone interested in failings of new physics and big bang creation theories, there are several worthwhile links in this piece . http://www.psybertron.org/?p=3589 Ian Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi

Re: [MD] Scientism

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
kind can. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:27 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ian, I would suggest to view science as an expression of morality and study it that way.  My view of the progress of science is through a falsification methodology.  I do not think it can progress otherwise

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
] Ditto  (emoticon of face with the expression of wonder and disdain). Mark On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:37 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Ian, The Wallace book 'Choosing Reality' was enlightening.  It will take much more than a Hawking to resurrect it.  It's hard to keep from laughing at his

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
? The leaders are followers too shoulders of giants, etc. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:50 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Ian and Marsha and whomever, All this treatment of the scientific method as if it were some foreign beast.  When you stick your hand in the shower to check

Re: [MD] Earth the Centre of the Universe

2010-10-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
, the dishonesty, the neurosis. Ian On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:02 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Ian, I am not sure of the percentage you give to scientist for allowing in the subjective; it is common in particle physics these days.  But I would agree with the intent of the statement.  Most

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-19 Thread Ian Glendinning
according to its methods. I guess I'm missing some point you're making to Steve ? Ian On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:45 AM, craig...@comcast.net wrote: [Steve] science can have something to say about at least some moral questions . But if there are some moral questions that science can't answer

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-19 Thread Ian Glendinning
and just do it. (But you'd probably draw the line at them poking you in the eye with a sharp stick ? You wouldn't like it, so you probably wouldn't do it proactively.) Ian PS not sure why it's news that there is a lot of crap in the bible ? On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 5:41 PM, 118 ununocti

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-19 Thread Ian Glendinning
Just word games Steve, I agree Facts always presuppose values such as standards for what ought to count as a fact That's the sense in which I meant they are different categories of thing. Ian On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Steven Peterson peterson.st...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Ian, Ian

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-18 Thread Ian Glendinning
And, Craig, Horse, Apart from hoping people recognize harm when they (don't) see it, this is simply the golden rule do as you would be done by ... core to the origins of many (most) moral traditions. Ian On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Horse ho...@darkstar.uk.net wrote: Hi Craig What you

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-18 Thread Ian Glendinning
not be done by if you prefer. It's a proactive statement about living life. Who's the cynic ? Ian On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Andre Broersen andrebroer...@gmail.comwrote: Ian to Craig and Horse: Apart from hoping people recognize harm when they (don't) see it, this is simply the golden

Re: [MD] Idealism

2010-10-15 Thread Ian Glendinning
it's one of my Catch22's. Even though MoQ is neither idealist nor scientific-materialist it is necessary to be able discuss (if not define) it in those terms, since they are the prevailing mind-sets in the westernised world in need of having its mind changed. Regards Ian On Fri, Oct 15, 2010

Re: [MD] Quantum Enigma

2010-10-11 Thread Ian Glendinning
Marsa, Ron, You talking about Choosing Reality by this book Marsha ? (As opposed to Vescio's introduction in Pragmatism mentioned by Ron. My edition has an intro by A J Ayer, Ron ? Which do you have ?) Ian On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: I'd love to hear

Re: [MD] [Bulk] Painting

2010-10-08 Thread Ian Glendinning
Ah, German bagpipes, you gotta love 'em. On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:42 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Hey, this one is for Krimel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIQiSZdX8vAfeature=related ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc.

Re: [MD] [Bulk] Painting

2010-10-08 Thread Ian Glendinning
Huh, You posted a band of Germans playing bagpipes. What's not to get ? Ian On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 11:01 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Hi Ian, I can't seem to find the album that contains 'Douce dame jolie'. Would you know? Not sure about the 'German bagpipes' comment. Marsha

Re: [MD] [Bulk] Painting

2010-10-08 Thread Ian Glendinning
I liked it. What's more to say ? On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 11:06 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: I'm just a girl, and don't see the significance.  What is it? On Oct 8, 2010, at 6:04 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote: Huh, You posted a band of Germans playing bagpipes. What's not to get

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-07 Thread Ian Glendinning
I will indeed be reading it sometime soon. Thanks Steve. Also, Dave (Thomas) mentioned Karen Armstrong's TED Talk a few months ago. I'm just reading her latest The Case For God looks promising for a more balanced view of religion's place in the moral landscape. Ian On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1

[MD] The Meaning of Fair

2010-10-07 Thread Ian Glendinning
Reading this article, I couldn't help recalling Pirsig's introductory piece in Liverpool about the word fair in the English language. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11492207 Ian Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-07 Thread Ian Glendinning
Thanks Marsha, Unforts I was in US earlier in the week (in Philly), but being back in the UK now, I can't see the TV feed for the Daily Show. (Need to track down the UK channel 4 highlights I guess.) Ian On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:27 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Hi Steve, Ian, Rumor has

Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape

2010-10-07 Thread Ian Glendinning
John Stewart is one sharp guy, again. Ian On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Ian Glendinning ian.glendinn...@gmail.com wrote: It turns up in the UK as the Oct 5th highlights package on C4OD. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/4od#3126165 Ian On Thu, Oct 7, 2010

[MD] Pragmatism meets Capitalism

2010-10-01 Thread Ian Glendinning
Interesting to listen to Ha-Joon Chang. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tt60h (Also a religion vs science piece in the same edition of Thinking Allowed.) Ian On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Ham Priday hampd...@verizon.net wrote: Greetings Platt, Marsha, John and All -- On Sept 23 at 4:08

Re: [MD] Quantum Enigma

2010-09-28 Thread Ian Glendinning
around comes around. Ian On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 5:09 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Dave, Maybe when quantum philosophy weds Neurophilosophy?  What kind of circumstances will cause that divine marriage? Marsha p.s. For those fans of Noam Chomsky.  He's being interviewed today

Re: [MD] william James.

2010-09-28 Thread Ian Glendinning
experiment for viewing possibilities.) Ian On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 3:37 PM, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: Ian said: I can't see what it says to John's point about the redundancy ( non pragmatism ) of multiverses / many worlds ? dmb says: Did John have a point about

Re: [MD] william James.

2010-09-25 Thread Ian
Hi dmb I take it that is a typo in the final James quote ... is rather than in ? Your post despite the two large wiki quotes is a response to John - also quoted. I can't see what it says to John's point about the redundancy ( non pragmatism ) of multiverses / many worlds ? Ian On 24

Re: [MD] Philosophy is deadly

2010-09-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
to a MoQish judge) Ian On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:43 PM, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com wrote: Ian and Andre, I am convinced. On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Andre Broersen andrebroer...@gmail.comwrote:  Ian to dmb: I'm not convinced that Pirsig's replacement of causation between objects

Re: [MD] Philosophy is deadly

2010-09-20 Thread Ian Glendinning
In fact a corollary. Causation is the easiest explanation for anything, unfortunately it's a fallacy - so it's not a very high quality explanation. (Great to get back to the real issues on MD.) Ian On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:03 AM, Ian Glendinning ian.glendinn...@gmail.com wrote: John, Andre

Re: [MD] Philosophy is deadly

2010-09-17 Thread Ian Glendinning
that the weirdness of explaining causation is tangled up with having only a vague conceptualization of what time itself is. Paul Turner wrote some good stuff on this from a Buddhist perspective - causation as dependent arising. I must dig it up. Ian On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:01 PM, david buchanan

Re: [MD] Where I'm at [Administrator Message]

2010-09-15 Thread Ian Glendinning
Ron, Wish I'd said that. Ian On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:27 AM, X Acto xa...@rocketmail.com wrote: If by personal freedom you mean fucking your mother and murdering your father, eating your own shit and shoving food up your ass and being the biggest selfish dickhole on the planet,.. give me

Re: [MD] Philosophy is dead

2010-09-15 Thread Ian
Hi Steve, not sure about the Plato / appearances bit, but from I suspect that he thinks that ... onwards I totally agree. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 15 Sep 2010, at 19:51, Steven Peterson peterson.st...@gmail.com wrote: Hi John, Horse, Marsha, I hesitate to conclude that Hawking

Re: [MD] How far do you go to preserve individual life?

2010-09-15 Thread Ian
DMB Pot kettle was my immediate reaction too. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 15 Sep 2010, at 22:03, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: Platt said to dmb: Excellent use of the Alinsky tactic of demonizing those you disagree with by using ridicule in order to avoid serious debate

Re: [MD] Where I'm at [Administrator Message]

2010-09-14 Thread Ian
Hi Krim, When has Ian called for Horse to act, recently or otherwise, when the subject was not already Horse proposing to act? And for the record, since you mention them, I spent considerable effort on and offline defending both Bradford / Loggins and Maxwell / Squonk from exclusion

Re: [MD] Where I'm at [Administrator Message]

2010-09-14 Thread Ian
Excellent again Arlo. You really have put some thought into this. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 14 Sep 2010, at 20:07, Arlo Bensinger ajb...@psu.edu wrote: [Krimel] I am not at all sure what topical boundaries one could put around a metaphysics. [Arlo] I think we have a lot of leeway here

Re: [MD] Nigella cooks

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
Call me old fashioned, but is MILF the kind of term MoQers use to the fairer sex ? Ian Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 06:50, Magnus Berg mcmag...@home.se wrote: ADRIE KINTZIGER parser...@gmail.com wrote: Nigella cooks tonight, what a milf !!, i just love the way she licks her

Re: [MD] Unlike Marsha's post, this really is OFF LIST

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
for you either Marsha, which is the only reason you were mentioned ? DMB's style is dmb's style, on or offlist. Like his style or not, he's consistent. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 09:43, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Hi John, I can only wonder at what other kind of offlist

Re: [MD] Head, heart hands

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
- interpreting as Machiavellian or manipulative is in the eyes of a recipient with attitude, rather than the sender, 9 times out of 10. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 12:01, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Hey Ian, Not meaning to offend, isn't your Bad news in private, good news

Re: [MD] Head, heart hands

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
Yes clearly Marsha. Your head / heart / hands / (tools) is just shorthand for the four levels - ratio / socio / bio / phys - patterns of value all. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 12:23, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Aren't some Value connected to the heart? Or is the heart

Re: [MD] Head, heart hands

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
Yes, explicitly in what I said. Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 12:53, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Do you have heart attached to any particular level(s)?No heart connected experiences beyond and unattached from the static? On Sep 13, 2010, at 7:38 AM, Ian wrote: Yes

Re: [MD] How far do you go to preserve individual life?

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
. Neither is imune from the difficult decision. Both have to conserve budgets as opportunity to spend on alternatives. Only one has to hold back funds for shareholder profit dividends. Now, what was the question ? Ian Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 16:35, platthol...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [MD] How far do you go to preserve individual life?

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
I said it was propaganda. I also say surrendering health care is propaganda. If you ain't reading the replies you do get, what's the point ? Ian Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 17:31, platthol...@gmail.com wrote: Horse, Who says death panel is propaganda? Who says it's emotive

Re: [MD] Where I'm at [Administrator Message]

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
And Marsha you just aimed a trashy little insult at dmb. You got a personal problem, take it offline, to the moderator ... Or a confidant. Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 17:00, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Horse, Having been on the receiving end of one of dmb's trashy little

Re: [MD] Where I'm at [Administrator Message]

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
:-) Not silence Krim, appropriate channels, my opinion. I explained explicitly - personal problems / insults - md is the wrong channel. Ps people do not have the right to say whatever they want Ian Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 18:22, Krimel kri...@krimel.com wrote: Since when have

Re: [MD] Head, heart hands

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 19:01, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with you Marsha, although with my own perspective and a bit of extra intensity. I think in all things that ultimately, an open source society holds the key to many ills. Men hide because

Re: [MD] Where I'm at [Administrator Message]

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
Krim, Gimme one example of bitching about topics raised. I've barely corresponded recently, until last day or so. You'll have to decode all that coding stuff. I use shorthand for brevity, not to offend, on the basis that we have a lot of dialogue behind us already. Ian Sent from my

Re: [MD] Where I'm at [Administrator Message]

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
Hooray for Arlo. (Ian being brief, and entering circumstantially imposed silent period.) Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 19:24, Arlo Bensinger ajb...@psu.edu wrote: [Krimel] People here have a right to say whatever the hell they want; at least until recently when people are being

Re: [MD] Code-talkers

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
before elaborating. Best use of both our time (I hope). Ian Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 20:06, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: Ian said to Krimel: You'll have to decode all that coding stuff. I use shorthand for brevity, not to offend, on the basis that we have

[MD] EvoPsych

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
Dmb, PS glad to hear you don't consider evolutionary psychology to be a discredited subject. I learned something today. Thanks. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 20:06, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: Ian said to Krimel: You'll have to decode all that coding stuff

Re: [MD] How far do you go to preserve individual life?

2010-09-13 Thread Ian
Platt, Who cares who was making the objection, so long as the argument remains valid ? Ian Sent from my iPhone On 13 Sep 2010, at 21:50, Platt Holden platthol...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the reference. I shall do as you suggest to see who was raising objections to the term, death

Re: [MD] How far do you go to preserve individual life?

2010-09-13 Thread Ian Glendinning
argument would support ... values are spread across all four levels and endless dynamic possibilities besides if you were serious about leaving the pernicious propaganda and misrepresentation behind. Ian On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:38 PM, platthol...@gmail.com wrote: Ian: The question is: What does

[MD] Limits of Science

2010-09-12 Thread Ian Glendinning
http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-method10.htm Enjoy Ian 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

Re: [MD] Noncognitive babble

2010-09-12 Thread Ian Glendinning
care about the divide. In my experience they range from the whatever to the vehement, just like we grey beards do, only we should know better. Ian On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:53 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Btw, I was listening to an interview with Garry Parsons who was a coauthor

Re: [MD] Limits of Science

2010-09-12 Thread Ian Glendinning
. The two sides need integration (a la Parker-Follett) not division and reinforcement (eg by better definitions). Ian On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:43 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Sep 12, 2010, at 5:28 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote: http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific

Re: [MD] Noncognitive babble

2010-09-12 Thread Ian Glendinning
I stopped being horrified 8 or so years ago Marsha (I read Pirsig) now I prefer to find things I can do about it ;-) Ian On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:05 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Sep 12, 2010, at 5:52 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote: Hi Steve, Marsha, I keep hearing clips and trailers

Re: [MD] Noncognitive babble

2010-09-12 Thread Ian Glendinning
-biological bottom half of the story. Doh ! How perfectly the story fits. Ian On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:08 PM, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: steve said to all: 20 years after Lila, I wonder how it would be read by someone new to Pirsig. Would the ideas seem relevent? As we get more

Re: [MD] Limits of Science

2010-09-12 Thread Ian Glendinning
Marsha there you go again with the (accidental - I hope) personal attacks. Aimed explicitly at me And a little enlightenment would help (exclamation mark) !. Take care ;-) Ian On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:09 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Sep 12, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote

Re: [MD] Limits of Science

2010-09-12 Thread Ian Glendinning
Marsha, Emphasizing that a named person could do with some enlightenment IS a personal attack. But since I genuinely believe you do get it, I'm pretty sure it was accidental. As I said take care (smiley) :-) Ian On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:20 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Ian

Re: [MD] Limits of Science

2010-09-12 Thread Ian Glendinning
I don't recall arguing about exclamation marks, but if you're looking things up in dictionaries to support arguments, I may have to revise my opinion. OK, so you don't get it - happier ? Ian On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:31 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Ian, An exclamation mark may be used

Re: [MD] Noncognitive babble

2010-09-12 Thread Ian Glendinning
Hi Ron Mythos has power - no argument Observation is cool - no argument Did I get your point ? Ian On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 1:01 PM, X Acto xa...@rocketmail.com wrote: Ian, The power of mythos. cool observation -Ron - Original Message From: Ian Glendinning ian.glendinn

Re: [MD] nut

2010-09-12 Thread Ian Glendinning
Ron, Only in a wingnut kinda way. Cool observation. Ian On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 1:19 PM, X Acto xa...@rocketmail.com wrote: All, Who the hell is Laramie Loewen and why does he/she associate me with the FBI. WTF STOP!  is this wingnut threatening any of you guys? - Original

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