Re: Challenge to the behaviourists, #1

From: Wolf Kirchmeir (wwolfkir_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:19:24 -0400

Lester Zick wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:19:44 -0400, "Glen M. Sizemore"
> <gmsizemore2@yahoo.com> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>
>
>>And I suppose a fluid flows slowly if it possesses viscosity? You really are
>>an idiot.
>
>
> Yes, well, there are a multitude of reasons a fluid may flow slowly.
> Being viscous or possessing viscosity is just one of them. What's your
> reason for being an idiot? You possess idiocy, of course.
>

Since "being viscous" and "possessing viscosity" are merely synonyms for
"flowing slowly" (more precsiely, "at a certain rate"), those phrases
don't label or refer to any reasons for flowing slowly.

Syno-ninny-ism at work.

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