On 5/24/10, Shane Mage <shm...@pipeline.com> wrote: > What is truly bizarre is lumping an advanced technology--the wheel-- > with the most primitive of technologies--the stone ax.
^^^^^^ CB: Do u mean as if they were invented at the same time ? Not Both of them were passed on across generations. They are "lumped" together has human products. Other species don't make them. Throw in controlled use of fire , too. ^^^^ > > > On May 24, 2010, at 8:32 AM, c b wrote: > > > Carrol's vulgar materialist image of wheelwrights as only workers of > > the hand, and not of the brain, talking to their apprentices, showing > > them how to make wheels by dumb-speechless gestures and mime, silent > > imitation... > >> On 5/22/10, Carrol Cox <cb...@ilstu.edu> wrote: > >>> The > >>> idea of learning how to make a wheel from stories rather than > >>> directly > >>> from another wheelwright is nothing short of bizarre. > >> > >> ^^^^^^^^^^ > >> > >> CB: Calling it bizarre is bizarre, with your grunts and snorts > >> version > >> of early human communication. > >>> CeJ wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>> And stories are exactly it. In a story can be passed on to unborn > >>>> generations how to make a wheel... > >>>> Having a wheel or a stone axe is a big adaptive advantage over > >>>> whomever you might be competing with. The wheel or how to make a > >>>> stone axe may be invented by some chimp genius, but if there is > >>>> no way > >>>> to pass it on > > > Shane Mage > > > > This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it > > always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, > > kindling in measures and going out in measures." > > > > Herakleitos of Ephesos > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
