Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA03494 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 15 Apr 2001 15:34:07 +0100 Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 15:28:23 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Is Suicide Contagious? A Case Study in Applied Memetics Message-ID: <20010415152823.C1005@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <F104RPQIWDO3hRDT6Z300007a9c@hotmail.com> <0aec01c0c5b0$125d6340$235c2a42@jrmolloy> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <0aec01c0c5b0$125d6340$235c2a42@jrmolloy>; from jr@shasta.com on Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 06:15:26AM -0700 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 06:15:26AM -0700, J. R. Molloy wrote:
> From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com>
> > Philosophy is an hypothesis?
>
> Well no, not exactly. The word philosophy stands for a whole bunch of useless
> hypotheses, too numerous to list. I guess I could have referred to it as a
> useless cognitive process, but hypothesis is good enough.
>
> > I thought it more of a discpline or field of
> > thought which might contain hypotheses within it. Thanx for warning me that
> > philosophy is a dead end. I wonder if I can use this argument as a means of
> > securing a refund of several books I've bought.
>
> lol, you're welcome, Scott. Don't expect any refunds. Philosophers are
> notoriously dishonest.
>
> BTW, I didn't include "religion" in the list because I consider that a brain
> dysfunction.
I'd be interested to learn your age, JR.
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