On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:07 AM, glen e. p. ropella <g...@tempusdictum.com> wrote: > To some extent. Unfortunately, I've ended up believing that we are > defined by our environment. Of course, there's (at least) a transience > to the effect of any cause. The genes we're born with have a very long > transient. [grin] But because I believe we're defined by our > environment and in order to limit my cognitive dissonance, I can only > adopt standards contingently. And that means if I find myself amongst > those who think the word "data" is the plural of "datum", then I have to > be _capable_ of adopting it. I don't seem to be capable of that.
Hypothesis: you are Greek in ancestry and the old disagreement with the Romans at Sparta is making your biology *refuse* the adoption of Roman linguistic conventions. marcos sfcomplex.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
