Re: virus: Brain Tennis

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Sat, 26 Oct 1996 13:38:34 -0500 (CDT)


On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, JPS wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 24, at 16:50, Kenneth Boyd wrote:
> [clip]
> > > > the meme theorists are themselves putting forward a mystical
> > > > argument. Just like Christians, they're claiming that the Word
> > > > can control the real.
> > >
> > > What is "mystical"? Either an argument works or it doesn't.
> > > Quantum mechanics works, even though it seems "mystical".
> > > Would Mr. Barbrook agree that 'people act according to various
> > > beliefs they accept'? If so, then the identical statement
> > > 'people act according the various memes which they host'
> > > should also be accepted.
> >
> > Mathematics is Very Mystical. Tell me [without going circular, or
> > stopping at the mathematics level] how Voyager__ could exploit math to
> > fly by ALL 4 gas giant planets! Sure, there's a lot of technology in
> > use--but no math, no 4 gas-giant flyby.
>
> I never said math was NOT mystical. Who are you arguing with?

I should have contexted it as 'supporting your comment'. I found the
Barbrooks quote particularly incoherent.

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