Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA13713 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:14:22 +0100 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:56:32 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Information Message-ID: <20010430125632.A978@ii01.org> References: <20010429224445.AAA22879@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.44]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010429224445.AAA22879@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.44]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 06:44:45PM -0400 From: Robin Faichney <robin@ii01.org> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 06:44:45PM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> Hi Robin Faichney -
>
> >If you feel that sounds
> >like science ain't got much, that's your problem, not mine.
>
> Ya know, tone of voice and inflection ain't happenin' here- now you sound
> like the guy who claims it's my problem his knife is stuck between my
> ribs....
And you sound paranoid. When I wrote that "patterns are all that science
has to go on", I had absolutely no intention of putting down science.
My point was about the primacy of patterns. In fact, they are all that
*we* have to go on, whether we're doing science or picking our (generic)
nose.
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