Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id LAA00228 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 14 Apr 2001 11:10:20 +0100 Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:11:54 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Is Suicide Contagious? A Case Study in Applied Memetics Message-ID: <20010414101154.A979@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <F176z1enAqpfkNsjUHQ00005fab@hotmail.com> <00ba01c0c373$33e0cdc0$5eaefea9@rcn.com> <016d01c0c375$7d878fc0$235c2a42@jrmolloy> <20010412195116.C1393@reborntechnology.co.uk> <038f01c0c3a4$16fb6180$235c2a42@jrmolloy> <20010413095450.A1309@reborntechnology.co.uk> <07c301c0c45c$f4ca2e20$235c2a42@jrmolloy> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <07c301c0c45c$f4ca2e20$235c2a42@jrmolloy>; from jr@shasta.com on Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 02:01:45PM -0700 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 02:01:45PM -0700, J. R. Molloy wrote:
> From: "Robin Faichney" <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk>
> > So analog computing is a proposal intended to explain certain facts
> > or observations?
>
> No, I don't think so, and I'm surprised that you could come up with such a
> conclusion.
It follows directly from your claim that analog computing is an
hypothesis.
> (Actually, I suspect you're being deliberately obstinate, but it doesn't
> really matter.)
Actually, I'm not.
> There is no such thing as an "analog computer" and hypothesizing such an
> imaginary structure is a useless waste of time.
I've seen at least one, that I can remember clearly, with my own eyes.
Of course, you might be using these words in some strange way so that
for you there's no such thing as a "real" analog computer, regardless of
what's been done with the devices so labelled. In which case this becomes
an issue of individual psychology, and I wouldn't wish to pursue it.
> The little list of useless hypotheses is a way to help folks avoid wasting
> time and resources on these dead ends.
I'm impressed. Your arrogance rivals that of Joe Dees.
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