From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Tue Jul 30 2002 - 15:59:31 MDT
On 30 Jul 2002 at 23:23, Blunderov wrote:
> Joe Dees wrote
> It is a little-boy game to believe that one must rise in rebellious
> opposition to majority opinion, whether it is correct or un-, in order
> to
> assert that one is a member of the intelligentsia.
>
> [Blunderov]
> I suppose it's true that such is a little boy game, but us Virian big
> boys and girls seek to falsify propositions a la Popper don't we? So a
> habit of questioning things very strictly arises as a cultural (and
> scientific) value.
>
I have not seen questions so much as I have seen emotional blanket
condemnations from already-made-up minds.
>
> It's not at all my intention to spout on about someone I know little
> about, but my understanding, gleaned from this list, is that the above
> is more or less correct?
>
> Talking of which, what happened to Popper for Saint?
>
> Sounds like a racing certainty.
>
I agree.
>
> Warm regards
>
>
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