Re: Philosophy of Science.

From: Albert (alwagner_at_tcac.net)
Date: 07/11/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 09:50:23 -0500

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 07:29:03 GMT
"Bill Hobba" <bhobba@rubbish.net.au> wrote:

>
> "Albert" <alwagner@tcac.net> wrote in message
> news:20040710211958.049e0198@lfs.mydomain.com...
> > On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:37:28 GMT
> > "Bill Hobba" <bhobba@rubbish.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "Albert" <alwagner@tcac.net> wrote in message
> > > news:20040710102714.69e5c118@lfs.mydomain.com...
> > > > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 06:10:22 GMT
> > > > "Bill Hobba" <bhobba@rubbish.net.au> wrote:
> > > > <snip>
> > > > > Someone who called scientific activity 'mind games' is
> > > > > in no position to accuse others of straw man arguments.
> > > >
> > > > On the contrary. Recognition of a straw man requires
> > > > nothing more that knowing the definition of a straw man
> > > > and recognizing when someone else is erroneously
> > > > characterizing your position.
> > > >
> > > > Read my previous posts for comprehension: If the term
> > > > 'mind games' offends you then use 'gedanken experiments.'
> > >
> > > What offends me is describing what Einstein did in the
> > > totally non standard and vague terminology of 'mind games'.
> >
> > I wasn't aware of a "standard terminology" for use in
> > discussing Einstein. Nor do I consider the term 'mind games'
> > vague.
> >
> > > The only
> > > purpose of such is to confuse the issue by suggesting it
> > > really had no physical content.
> >
> > I don't know what that statement means. I don't know about
> > 'issues' that have no physical content. The only 'issues'
> > that I am aware of contain grammar and semantic content.
>
> You seem to know very little yet wish to suggest a lot. As Bob
> says: 'Your motives and style appear to be snide. A real
> smart-ass ye arrrre.'. Wake up to yourself.

This is just a thinly veiled ad hominem attack because you are
unable to justify your previous posts.
<snip> 

-- 
"Today there is a wide measure of agreement, which on the
physical side of science approaches almost to unanimity, that the
stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality;
the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a
great machine. Mind no longer appears to be an accidental
intruder into the realm of matter; we are beginning to suspect
that we ought rather to hail it as the creator and governor of
the realm of matter"
	--Sir James Jeans

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