Re: MD The empirical verifiability of value

From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Fri Aug 27 2004 - 16:08:00 BST

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    On 27 Aug 2004 at 7:42, Platt Holden wrote:
    Were I into tattoos, on the back of my left hand I would inscribe
    "Some things are better than others" and on the back of my right hand
    "I may not know much, but I know what I like." Then I'd be reminded
    as I traverse through life that what I've been taught is real ain't
    necessarily so.

    msh says:
    Actually might be "better" if we had a third hand, or maybe a tattoo
    on our foreheads: "I don't know much, but I like what I know." This
    would reflect what seems to me a much more common method of
    evaluation. It explains why someone might claim that Norman Rockwell
    was a better painter than, say, Jackson Pollack. Or that Vivaldi was
    a greater composer than Schoenberg. Or that Bill O'Reilley is a more
    valuable political thinker than Noam Chomsky. ;-)

    Best,
    Mark Steven Heyman (msh)

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