[OFF TOPIC] (Non)-thought for the day

2005-06-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy-books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which

Re: [OFF TOPIC] (Non)-thought for the day

2005-06-14 Thread Grimer
At 11:08 am 14/06/2005 -0400, you wrote: It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy-books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending

Re: [OFF TOPIC] (Non)-thought for the day

2005-06-14 Thread Harry Veeder
Grimer wrote: At 11:08 am 14/06/2005 -0400, you wrote: It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy-books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization

Re: [OFF TOPIC] (Non)-thought for the day

2005-06-14 Thread Grimer
At 12:58 pm 14/06/2005 -0500, you wrote: Grimer wrote: At 11:08 am 14/06/2005 -0400, you wrote: It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy-books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The