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At 07:29 PM 5/1/98 -0400, Donald Thompson wrote:
>> > In regard to coincidences, etc. Carl Sagan's last book, call something
>> > like The Devil In Nature, gives exceptionally good critical insight into
>> a
>> > great many of the many unsupported superstitious ideas that we all tend
>> to
>> > fool ourselves with. Of course, we would like the believe! But -- take a
>> > closer look and what do you really see?
>> >
>> > David Cicia
>> >
>
>David,
>
>What would be really intrigueing is to provide the methodology to
>disprove spurrious superstious beliefs. Not just to quote ol' Carl who
>is dead. I beleive I heard that Descart before the Academy got them all
>to agree that something was factually true. He went through a 10 or 12
>step process where they all agreed that it was now false. Then he got
>them to all agree that something was factually false and went through
>the process where he got the acadamy to to agree that it was true!...
>Something about linguistics and believe that is hard to pin down..
>
>regards.
>
>Don
>
Don, David and all:
I love it!
This harks back to some flawed thinking I've run into before
(yes, even here) to the effect that we can have some signal tell
us what to invest in and when (and exit) WITHOUT ANY INTERPRETATION.
The species that has the highest capacity for self-deceit is the
human race. We might as well acknowledge it and remember it and
get over it. <g>
PeteNa9090
petena9090@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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