From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 9 13:15:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 104F037B405; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:15:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org [64.239.180.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A82743E42; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:15:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g89KF0133976; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:15:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org) Message-Id: <200209092015.g89KF0133976@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Terry Lambert Cc: "Neal E. Westfall" , Juli Mallett , Joshua Lee , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 13:14:55 -0700 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert writes: > Dave Hayes wrote: >> What is this assumption that, if I say something in a debate, I am >> trying to convince people of it? Can't we just be arguing to express >> our worldview? > Not really, no. 8-). Thus spake Terry Lambert: "For yea, there must be One True and Right worldview, and any statement of one's worldview is trying to convince others that one's worldview belongs in the One True and Right worldview, amen." Did you claim to ever study Zen? =) ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< "Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is." --Albert Camus To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message