From: Matt the Enraged Endorphin (mpkundert@students.wisc.edu)
Date: Sun Nov 10 2002 - 20:13:17 GMT
Peter,
Sorry for how the end of my post sounded. I was going for provocative, but
I think I just ended up with mean-spirited. What I was attempting to do
was elicit a description of how absoluteness in the MoQ, wherever it may
lie, plays into decision-making. If I'm right about what I said, then any
absolute in the MoQ is superfluous and will get cut off by Ockham's Razor.
What I was hoping for was a reason or two for keeping it around.
As for what you did say about decision-making, I'm not sure what to say.
Or, rather, I know what to say, I'm just not sure how what you said plays
into what came before. It seems like a non sequitor.
You said:
"The actual making of decisions is for those who are in the unfortunate
position of having to have to make decisions. In the plain of understanding
one has to decide and that produces irony. I know how important irony is to
you as one who makes decisions.
So, the useful would appear to be ironic."
I think I have to disagree, insofar as I don't think decision-making is
necessarily ironic. It can be ironic, but not necessarily. If we contrast
irony with common sense, people who make decisions based on common sense
are not being ironic about there decisions. When you are ironic, you show
doubt about your decision. When you are using common sense, you aren't
showing any doubt. When you are an ironist, the useful is ironic because
it can always be replaced. The ironist realizes that what is useful now
isn't universally useful, but only for this particular time and place.
Matt
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