HELP!

David Morris fqmorris at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 6 10:43:06 CDT 2003


--- Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > Please, Otto, tell us poor Molly Bloomers, in plane words,  please,  why
this is absolutely correct or how it makes sense to you.
> >
> > 
> > Because it's a simple scientific fact. No big thing at all. Paul's words
are very plane.
> 
> 
> But I can't understand him and you can. Can you "translate", please?
> 
> I pose the question to the list. Any one? What is Paul talking about now? 
> 
> He won't tell us. Otto won't.

Well Otto just did a pretty good job of explaining how he understood this.  But
you're both right, because this "everything is a construct" thing is also a
construct, and not literally true.  I think what you're arguing about is the
level of abstraction being employed.

David Morris


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