Re: MD MOQ psycology (?)

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Sat Aug 07 2004 - 22:54:11 BST

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    Magic, thanks David ...

    [QUOTE]
    How do [I] figure the word [scientific] has anything to do with being
    politically correct?
    I'm sorry Ian, but this doesn't make any sense.
    [UNQUOTE]

    That's precisely why.

    It's unthinkable [to you] that I could simultaneously make that statement
    AND be making any sense at the same time.
    (I suspect that you secretly completely agree with me BTW. It's that old
    Catch-22 again.)

    Ian

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "David Buchanan" <DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 8:46 PM
    Subject: RE: MD MOQ psycology (?)

    > Ilya and Ian:
    >
    > Ian Glendinning said:
    > My catch-all term for describing just about everything
    > in life, the universe and everything, MoQ included,
    > is "Evolutionary Psychology".
    >
    > dmb says:
    > This reminds me of an author that Ilya might want to investation, the
    > evolutionary psychologist Ken Wilber. I don't think its exactly right to
    say
    > his work is based on the MOQ's assumptions, but his work and Pirsig's are
    > both based on the same assumtions.
    >
    > Ian said:
    > The word "scientific" fills me with dread in the proposal here.
    > Does everything still need to be "scientific" (ie politically correct)
    > to be taken seriously these days ?
    >
    > dmb says:
    > Huh? How do you figure? What is dreadful about the word "scientific"? How
    do
    > you figure the word has anything to do with being politically correct? I'm
    > sorry Ian, but this doesn't make any sense.
    >
    > On second thought, never mind. Don't bother trying to explain.
    >
    > Thanks,
    > dmb
    >
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