In a message dated 2/24/99 2:14:58 AM Central Standard Time, proftim@speakeasy.org writes:
<< ><< The queston is
> this: will you adjust your always-open-to-change rationality to fit with
> _reality_, or will you simply try to dismiss it with justifications? (As
> any zealot might do.) >>
>
>BTW, did you notice I didn't get catty with you this time? Despite your
>trying to throw the "zealot" paint on me [...]
Hmm, look again at what I said, Jake. I proposed two choices; apply your philosophy to your own ideas--fully and without bias--or just look like a common zealot.
If you got splashed with that particular paint, I would suggest that it might have something to do with where you were standing at the time. >>
Okay. But anyway, did you have any thoughts on what I said about justification? I was a little confused with what that had to do with zealotry any more than any thing else.
-Jake