Re: RE: MD Wisconsin School OKs Creationism Teaching

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Sat Nov 13 2004 - 21:10:22 GMT

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    Which is of course why, Platt,
    I (quite uncharacteristicslly) quoted some poetry.
    It's so much better than logic at making the point.

    It's that damn catch-22 again.
    Rhetoric 2 : Dialectic 0 as Pirsig put it.

    Ian

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Ian Glendinning" <ian@psybertron.org>
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    Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 8:16 PM
    Subject: Re: RE: MD Wisconsin School OKs Creationism Teaching

    > That Platt, is why I see little point "arguing".
    >
    > I did state my point somewhat axiomatically, but you do actually know what
    I
    > meant, yet all you can do is fire the ligusitic logical consequence back
    at
    > me.
    >
    > I could have said ... I'm pretty sure there will be precious few axioms of
    > any practical significance in the real human world (outside maths or the
    > lab) that are amenable to any kind of absolute proof, so I wont lose any
    > sleep over that fact, nor waste any effort arguing about it. But it's a
    lot
    > more words for you to pick holes in.
    >
    > Ian
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    > To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>; <owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk>
    > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 2:59 PM
    > Subject: Re: RE: MD Wisconsin School OKs Creationism Teaching
    >
    >
    > >
    > > Ian:
    > >
    > > > Beyond maths and the science lab, there
    > > > are no axioms.
    > >
    > > That statement is an axiom -- self-contradictory in the same way as
    "There
    > > are no absolutes."
    > >
    > > Platt
    > >
    > >
    > >
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