Re: DNA Culture .... Trivia?

From: Robin Faichney (robin@reborntechnology.co.uk)
Date: Sun Jan 14 2001 - 16:57:21 GMT

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    In-Reply-To: <200101141545.KAA10198@mail6.lig.bellsouth.net>; from joedees@bellsouth.net on Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 09:48:01AM -0600
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    On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 09:48:01AM -0600, Joe E. Dees wrote:
    > Don't forget to add Brodie to your list of names; his position on
    > religion is not what Benzon has described, but rather a 'whatever
    > gets you through the day and through your encounters with society
    > is hokay' stance. His position is pragmatic and utilitarian; it does
    > not matter to him whether or not your beliefs are true so much as it
    > matters whether they are useful. In science, these two (utility and
    > truth) dovetail, but that situation is not, for Brodie, true of every life
    > realm.
    > I view memetics much as I view phenomenology, hermeneutics,
    > genetic epistemology and semiotics, not as sciences, but as
    > philosophical stances - ways to carve up and categorize the
    > observed/experienced/participated-in world in a consistent, sense-
    > making fashion. This does not mean, however, that any of them
    > are useless; perspective is an essential component of observation.

    You're being very agreeable these days, Joe! I could pick nits, but
    nits is all they are, and I don't feel inclined right now. Broadly,
    we agree, and that's fine by me. Best wishes! :-)

    -- 
    Robin Faichney
    robin@reborntechnology.co.uk
    

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