DAVID:
How DO you do it, Roger? How can you be so self-contradictory, so
unwittingly hypocritical, so obliviously ironic and so insulting all in one
breath? Its astonishing.
ROG:
I have to resist the temptation to be
merely insulting. I hope that it is taken as criticism with a purpose. It
may feel every bit as unpleasant as petty name-calling, but I promise that
the intention is much more than that. To take criticism of your rhetorical
style as a
personal attack only shows that you are unable to distinguish yourself from
your ideas. Similarly, your inability to even perceive that there is more to
science than competing SCIENTISTS demonstrates an attachment to social
values, an enslavement to the giant and an a basic evolutionary inadequacy at
even recognizing 4th level patterns.
Unfortunately, clinging to this third level awareness is immoral to the
extent that
it contradicts intellectual values. You want to believe that my criticisms
are rhetorical distortions. You want to strike back at any attack on your
suggestions, because to you your ideas are you.
Mirrors. You look at criticism of your ideas and see
criticism of yourself. Its a painful ego trap. Your insulting reactions
express
the anger of the third level. It leads you to see insult where none is
intended.
It causes distortions in interpreting the MOQ too. I don't mean to pick on
you. Nobody is immune to the mirrors. In fact, they're very important.
I'm not interested saving face so much as shaving heads.
Sincerely sorry if it hurt to read these words.
MIRRORS!
Rog
PS -- In case anybody is wondering, my above response is a late April Fool's
joke. I just cut and pasted one of David's earlier posts and changed a few
words. I couldn't resist.
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