Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: Albert Wagner (albertwagner_at_cox.net)
Date: 03/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:51:56 -0600

Torkel Franzen wrote:
> Albert Wagner <albertwagner@cox.net> writes:
>
>
>>You seem to be a one-trick pony, Torkel. Unfortunately, all you
>>have accomplished with that one trick is to create a new, if
>>nonsensical, cliche'.
>
>
> "Nonsensical"? Well, if you have come to regard fnoffling as
> nonsensical, why not seek greener pastures?

I did so seek but my pastures were invaded. I only subscribe to
alt.philosophy.meta. Where are you posting from? 

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"I know that most men, including those at ease with
problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom
accept even the simplest and most obvious truth
if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity
of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining
to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others,
and which they have woven, thread by thread,
into the fabric of their lives." -
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