Re: virus: Technology (was manifest science)
Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Sun, 6 Jun 1999 20:55:34 -0500
Subject: Re: virus: Technology (was manifest science)
Date sent: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 21:32:22 -0400
From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
To: "Church of Virus" <virus@lucifer.com>
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> >You cant say the arms are a tool without saying the blood that coursed
> >into the muscles is a tool, without saying the heart that pumped it
> >there is a tool, without saying the lungs which provided the oxygen is a
> >tool, without saying the diaphram that moved the lungs is a tool,
> >without saying the brainstem is a tool. So if I misunderstood you, I
> >take it back, otherwise I cant buy that.
>
> Yes, I am saying that. Using the hands and fingers as tools to fashion a
> lump of clay, or bang a hamburger into shape, is tool usage, yes. The
> shape and motility of the hands, aided and seen by a conscious being, are
> the tools here. The blood coursing through our veins is not being moved
> by any conscious direction, and is not in the process of forming
> anything. I guess I don't see your point about tools. A tool is a special
> implement, not a natural process. Elements of processes are units within
> operations, but these are not tools. Phools maybe....
>
We hadirect control of our body parts; we have mediated control of
implements, BY MEANS OF our body parts, and we use tools to
alter our implements in order to improve their efficiency.
>
> - Wade
>