A question for Doug. Would you be so kind as to describe to me, in sufficient detail that I could mount a Pragmatic test, this god of his whose non-existence he so positively asserts?
A question for the person who speaks of escorting somebody into death. I confess, being old, I quite like the concept. But I guess we have to remember that such an escort is always a Judas steer. Nick From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Douglas Roberts Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:17 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] bursting the placebo bubble The intent was to produce a pragmatic perspective, not a philosophical one. By avoiding the telling of escapist fantasy-world fairy tails in the first place, there will be less untruth to deal with at later stages in life. --Doug On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:08 AM, glen <g...@ropella.name> wrote: Douglas Roberts wrote at 04/25/2013 09:44 AM: > A better question might be: why are we still teaching them these > dishonest little fairy tales in the first place, which we then have to > un-teach later? I admit that's a more philosophical question, but not a better one. It's not clear how answering that question will help address the applied complexity problem of handling the mature organism, where these beliefs are deeply rooted and may well affect their physiology in some way. Harris' questions get to the root of the applied complexity problem. Do you tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth to a dying old person? If so, is that medically beneficial or detrimental? -- =><= glen e. p. ropella Man alive the jive and lyrics, ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com -- Doug Roberts d...@parrot-farm.net <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile
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