Debbie wrote: > Please, David, stop patronizing me in this > ridiculous fashion. Your condescension only > serves as a temptation to contempt.
Sorry, Debbie. I think you misunderstood my rambling. I have been enjoying our discussion and did not mean that you don't have the intellectual ability for reductionism (that seems to be how you took it). I think reductionism takes more work, and I thought that's what you were getting at, but I wasn't sure, so I asked, "what's wrong with that." Debbie wrote: > The problem has nothing to do with the amount of detail > I can hold in my mind; if anything, it is the reverse. But > the real issue for me has never been mere quantity of data > --it is the presence or absence of richness of connection. > Indeed, your mathematical example is backwards. Your > approach to most topics is extremely linear and unidimensional, > and that is precisely my objection. I think you misapprehend my approach to issues. Examining specific aspects of an issue is a temporary task, but... whatever. I see you don't get it. Debbie wrote: > As for building a car, it is not at all like evolving > an eye! I ought to have known better, as you simply > do not get either the point of specific analogies or the > purpose of analogies in general. Analogies are not > arguments; they are explanations, illustrations, invitations > to intellectual empathy (as it were). I did not take it as an argument, which is why I rambled on with my personal life of illustrations. This is exactly why I hate talking about myself. I did not understand why " trying to evolve the whole eye or wing one feature at a time" would cause you to shrink back. I still don't. If you can explain it, I am VERY interested. If you think I'm too dense, I understand. I do get kind of dense sometimes. I'm one of those guys who sometimes does not get the joke as readily as others. Sometimes I think I look at it from too many angles. Maybe I should shrink back to my cave. I do have a lot of other things to do. Sorry for upsetting you. Prior to this post from you, I thought we were communicating and was feeling encouraged and comfortable in that. I guess I got too comfortable. Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
