RE: playing at suicide

From: Lawrence DeBivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Sat Jan 12 2002 - 15:11:06 GMT

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From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu>
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Subject: RE: playing at suicide
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    > GRANT: <<I am defending my theory because the only way to test it against
    other
    > ideas
    > is to defend it. My objective, though, is not to sell it, but to test it.
    > The parts of it I can't defend I will discard.>>

    Consider this: What if nobody bothers to 'refute' your theory or any of its
    parts, and you take this non-response to confirm its validity? And, what if
    someone attacks your theory, but you are unable to defend it even though it
    is correct? Does your methodology for 'knowing' not leave you vulnerable to
    1) the degree of interest people have in examining it, and 2) the level of
    your own skill in defending it?

    Is your formulation truly the best way for 'knowing what you know'?

    Lawrence

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