Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id LAA10152 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:19:46 +0100 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:14:55 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: The Tipping Point Message-ID: <20010418111455.C11172@ii01.org> References: <20010417192923.AAA23713@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010417192923.AAA23713@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 03:29:05PM -0400 From: Robin Faichney <robin@ii01.org> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 03:29:05PM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 04/17/01 10:13, Robin Faichney said this-
>
> >> The idea that this is a universe of causes, one cause leading to another,
> >> cause into cause, with some result waiting for us at some omega point,
> >
> >I don't get that last bit. What means "some result waiting for us at
> >some omega point"?
>
> By which I meant de Chardin's god.
About that, I don't know, and don't care.
> >Sometimes the only way to reconcile differences is to acknowledge and
> >accept them, because trying to force a merger between dissimilars leads
> >to dissension and the exaggeration of difference.
>
> 'Consilience' hopes to avoid this, gently, by offering the hope of the
> inclusive perspective, but, yes, you can bring a horse to water....
Inclusive under science? Sounds like the pax romana. The day a scientist
tries to tell me what kind of music is best might just possibly be the
day I first actually initiate a fight.
-- Robin Faichney Get ready to fight the "conciliators" at http://www.ii01.org=============================================================== This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing) see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
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