RE: virus: Altruism, Empathy, the Superorganism, and the Priso ner's
Wright, James 7929 (Jwright@phelpsd.com)
Mon, 21 Apr 97 10:00:00 EDT
Martz wrote:
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>By the way, didn't you complain quite loudly recently about people
>attacking your memes instead of your ideas? <
I do not wish to attack, but I hope I was addressing ideas instead of the
way they are said.
>Haven't you just done the same thing? I meant to point out at the time
that what >was happening in at least some of those instances was that
people were attacking >your premises without regard to your conclusions.
<
David's reasoning processes frequently seem sound to me; it's where he
starts from that I have difficulty with.
>That's perfectly valid, for until the premises have been accepted the
conclusion is >unsupported.<
Hear, hear!
And even upon acceptance of the premises, the conclusion is still open to
question by those who do not agree, for whatever reason of their own.
Well said, Master Martz!
james