Re: MD Quality and the Nuremberg-Tokyo Tribunals

From: ian glendinning (psybertron@gmail.com)
Date: Mon May 02 2005 - 09:23:15 BST

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    OK Mark - you can have the last word ;-)

    Regards,
    Ian

    (PS - Yes I did like the Vonnegut quote, and almost remarked on it
    earlier - I wonder why I wonder why I wonder why, etc - meta-thinking
    - some famous scientist or other - nano-tech guy .... on the tip of my
    tongue.)

    On 5/2/05, Mark Steven Heyman <markheyman@infoproconsulting.com> wrote:
    > On 2 May 2005 at 10:18, ian glendinning wrote:
    >
    > "I'd strongly recommend MoQ-Discuss isn't used for historical,
    > macro-level (low-quality) political debate, because I believe we're
    > very unlikely to make any porogress relating it to (any) philosophy"
    >
    > msh:
    > Well, I've had too many valuable political discussions, on this list
    > and elsewhere in life, to agree that political debate of any kind is
    > low-quality, if that is what you are saying. If all parties in a
    > discussion, whether or not it's political, are willing to evaluate
    > evidence and argument presented to them, and in turn present evidence
    > and argument in defense of their positions, the results can be very
    > high-quality indeed. Minds can be changed through sincere political
    > discussion; it's happened to me, and I've seen it happen to hundreds
    > of others in my life.
    >
    > ian:
    > I already know Platt talks 99% twaddle, and I can't see you changing
    > his mind. In fact, like Dawkins, by protesting so much you run the
    > risk of painting yourself into the opposite extreme corner. Which
    > would be sad.
    >
    > msh:
    > Here I agree with you 100%, and will take your advice to heart. No
    > more wasted effort on lost causes.
    >
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
    >
    > PS - What do you think of the Vonnegut quote, below?
    >
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