Pynchon knows this, I say. Sorta always known.

[alice wellintown]

Science is the project of little men who are easily enslaved and who crave
authority, though it is, at the same time, and necessarily so, rebellious.



On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net> wrote:

> Rev76> She knows better, I suspect****
>
> ** **
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> Hides it well.****
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> *From:* owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Rev'd Seventy-Six
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 02, 2013 2:52 PM
> *To:* Joseph S. Barrera III
> *Cc:* pynchon -l
>
> *Subject:* Re: Pynchon knows this, I say. Sorta always known.****
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> Alice tends to anthropomorphize science as a megalithic, empiricist
> egoiost incapable of empathy.****
>
> She also has a tendency to characterize science as being in intractable
> opposition to matters of the soul and/or numinous world.  A peculiarly
> western conceit.****
>
> She knows better, I suspect.****
>
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