RE: The information theoretic view Was: JOM

Aaron Agassi (agassi@erols.com)
Sat, 4 Sep 1999 12:46:35 -0400

From: "Aaron Agassi" <agassi@erols.com>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: The information theoretic view Was: JOM
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 12:46:35 -0400
In-Reply-To: <IEPQ2OATBO03EwF9@faichney.demon.co.uk>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
> Of Robin Faichney
> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 5:03 AM
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: The information theoretic view Was: JOM
>
>
> In message <37D05AF8.428DBFB9@pacbell.net>, Bill Spight
> <bspight@pacbell.net> writes
> >Dear Robin,
> >
> >> [1] Actually, that was rhetorical, because I do know why you
> >> participate here: not to help develop memetics, but to protect your own
> >> slice of the personal development industry by obstructing anything that
> >> conflicts with the way you use memetic concepts.
> >
> >Breeep! Personal foul!
> >
> >Robin, I value the contributions of both you and Richard. <s>
>
> Bill, I consider intellectual dishonesty to be a foul, and a very
> serious one. I get particularly annoyed when I feel my valuable time is
> being wasted by it. If Richard wants to convince me that he is
> interested in understanding any other view than his own, he is welcome
> to try, but the impression I've been getting for a long time now is that
> he participates here for no other reason than to defend his own
> position, and that he uses intellectually dishonest tactics to do so.
> He may not be fully aware that he is doing so -- some self-deception may
> be involved -- but I don't get the impression he's the sort of person
> who often doesn't know what he's doing.
At this point it may be incumbent upon you to dissect Richard's posts in
order to demonstrate the fouls where of you speak, for those of us who may
have missed them.

> --
> Robin Faichney
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