Emotion Within sbe Discussion
From: John Edser (edser_at_tpg.com.au)
Date: 07/07/04
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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 16:27:22 +0000 (UTC)
Jim Menegay wrote:
> > JW:-
> > This will be my final post to sbe. I am sure you are all relieved. I
> > shall not reply to philosophical claims made with philosophical
> > questions. After this post, I shall unsubscribe to the group, so any
> > replies you want a response to will need to be cc'd to me.
> JM:-
> That is a shame. John's viewpoint will be missed. I hope he does not
> maintain his current intentions.
> It is natural, when something like this happens, to ask oneself,
> "Was it something that I said?". One thing that I have noticed
> in re-reading my own recent posts is that I have responded to John's
> arguments, not by talking to him, but by talking about him. This
> was rude and unfair on my part. And John has not been the only
> "victim" of my use of this tactic. I shall try to reform. And,
> to the extent that this may have contributed to John's decision,
> I offer my apologies to everyone on sbe who will be hurt by his
> absense. And that is pretty much everybody.
JE:
I will miss Dr John Wilkins viewpoint.
I once unsubscribed from sbe for similar
reasons (much to the relief of many sbe readers).
However, I discovered that what matters more than
the warm inner glow that comes from friendly agreement
is _passionate_ disagreement. Unfortunately, emotion
matters more than reason re: our motivation, i.e. we
remain animals fighting for our territory/status
despite pretensions to being civilised. In the
end all that matters is the testable theory that
provides the best fit. However, emotion remains
essential for providing the white heat that runs
the engine of imagination and reason.
All the best,
John Edser
Independent Researcher
PO Box 266
Church Pt
NSW 2105
Australia
edser@tpg.com.au
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