(Fwd) Re: Trust-Love, Paranoia-Chaos, Leni

[Charles F. Albert]

Sorry about that, kcufed up that cc thing again.

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From:          Self <Single-user mode>
To:            "Henry Musikar" <gravity at nicom.com>
Subject:       Re: Trust-Love, Paranoia-Chaos, Leni
Date:          Tue, 29 Jul 1997 15:43:00

Being that I make Princess Di look scholarly by comparison, I can 
certainly empathize with Henry on this point. As a matter of 
discipline I do try, generally with little success. I thank mr.McCary
for helping me understand a little about chaos theory, mainly because 
his explanation triggered an analogy association from my own 
practical experience.
> I have to trust the explanations of mathematicians and 
> scientists (or not) if I want to deal with technology. Don't know 
> about other listers, but I can't follow the chaos math people except 
> when they use a metaphor (heard a meteorologist use the "birds 
> flapping changing the weather" illustration on the radio today). 
> Why didn't anyone ask the Chrissie/Jules if they thought 
> that the Pynch is or has ever been a genuine paranoid? 

Somewhere in the record I have Jules saying that P.s views on 
paranoia need to be examined against the light of his holding a 
drivers license and credit cards in his own name. I don't think you 
have to be clinically suspicious to realize that these are data bits 
that can ultimately be used for a lot of purposes, only some of them 
benign. I ultimately believe that paranoia really is only a device 
not a personal credo.
Mrs. Harrison
(to honor the woman who whelped and raised that precious missing 
weasel)