From: "Tim Rhodes" <proftim@speakeasy.org>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: On silence
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 13:25:26 -0700
Aaron, the carpenter's shop called, you cross is ready for pick-up.
-Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Lynch <aaron@mcs.net>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Date: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 12:24 PM
Subject: On silence
>At 05:50 AM 10/6/99 +0200, synmail wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Thank you, Hans.
>>>
>>
>>Indeed !
>>
>>Chris
>
>Chris,
>
>You can sing the praises of silence, and silence does have its virtues. But
>remember that bad things can happen when dissenters from a wrongful
>movement remain silent--especially to avoid hostility or even being forced
>into silence. In particular, falsehood may triumph when truth remains
silent.
>
>Illustrate it to yourself: as you read through various bibliographies, some
>will have no misquoted titles at all, while others have misquotations in
>just the A's, B's, and C's of author names. With certain people going
>silent, you will now have to do the searching yourself through databases
>rather than relying on the silent to enlighten you on this and more serious
>matters. You will then have your own choice about remaining silently right
>or risking a hostile response--not exactly the kind of choice that
>scientists should normally have to make.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>--Aaron
>
>
>
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