the tent

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2000 - 20:18:35 BST

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    On 07/05/00 14:34, Chris Lofting said this-

    >The intent was to help Wade understand how people find 'meaning' in
    >Astrology etc, it was all done as a response to his 'take me into the tent'
    >request :-) It was a bit 'intense' so may need a few reads (if one is
    >interested :-))

    Ah, but you see, I never had any problem with _how_ (or even 'why')
    people find 'meaning' in astrology (or NLP, or acupuncture, or even the
    Red Sox....) What I _still_ have a problem with (yes, believe it or not,
    regardless of your volume of explanations) is in taking that meaning and
    making it work outside the 'tent' (the culture of astrology, of NLP, of
    acupuncture, of the Red Sox-) because, a real scientific fact is, like
    the indomitable Washburn would say, meaningful in the entire universe.

    And that means it has to mean something outside as well as inside of the
    tent.

    And astrology don't make it out the flap, and never will.

    And none of the rest can make it out either.

    As to the meaning of a 'non-scientific fact', well, I don't prescribe to
    understand the term, although I can find meaning in it.

    - Wade

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