Re: MD New Level of Thinking

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Wed Dec 01 2004 - 13:56:59 GMT

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    Ian,

    > Why is it I feel your question of explanation is one of "why", whereas mine
    > is "how". With me its the question "why" that is disturbing, not the
    > absence of an answer.

    I wonder why your find the question "why" disturbing. Perhaps it's because
    of an observation of novelist John Steinbeck:

    "The lies we tell about our duty and our purposes, the meaningless words
    of science and philosophy, are walls that topple before a bewildered
    little 'Why?'"

    The MOQ provides a long explanation of why some things are better than
    others. As a result, a lot of SOM walls topple, illustrating Robert
    Frost's insight, "Something there is that doesn't love a wall" -- an apt
    description of DQ.

    Platt
     

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