Re: virus: Un-natural De-selection

Brett Lane Robertson (unameit@tctc.com)
Sat, 16 Aug 1997 16:44:43 -0500


I think you seriously overreacted on this one. Robin did not suggest
you "you leave"... he merely suggested that if you wish to debate
evolution, you go to a group where they debate evolution. You see, we
(or at least I) am not too knowledgable about evolution. Certainly the
people on the list he refered you to would know more than the people
here. (Boyd)

Eric,

Seems if the people on this list are "not too knowledgable about evolution",
the THEY are the ones who need to "go to a group where they debate evolution".

Brett

At 06:47 PM 8/16/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Brett Lane Robertson wrote:
>
>> >So do I...However, as I think you pointed out yourself, this is not the
>> >place to discuss such things. I very strongly recommend
>> >that you join the Evolutionary Theory Mailing List, at
>> >http://www.esosoft.com/evolution/ ROBIN
>>
>> Robin,
>>
>> No, I did not say any such thing. You are responding to your own internal
>> voice (this may sound like a generalization or suggestion that you are not
><snip snip snip>
>
>Brett,
>
>I think you seriously overreacted on this one. Robin did not suggest
>you "you leave"... he merely suggested that if you wish to debate
>evolution, you go to a group where they debate evolution. You see, we
>(or at least I) am not too knowledgable about evolution. Certainly the
>people on the list he refered you to would know more than the people
>here.
>
>You don't have to leave here to join there, and I doubt that was what
>Robin meant.
>
>As well, I always believe that a little personal information (revealing
>our *weaknesses*, as you say) is a very good thing. Becuase, Grant, it
>is weaknesses -- our imperfections -- that allow us to grow. And
>besides, who is scared of revealing weaknesses on this list? Like the
>talk about "perfect robots" with but one flaw a while back, we have
>decided to mutually ignore, protect, even *fix* our weaknesses. For we
>all have them.
>
>Sides, it's good to get to know people. I, for one, have greatly
>enjoyed Eva's "statements of state"... it's good to know that a person
>exists on the other side, and not a machine or "God".
>
>And as to keeping ourselves closed-minded, as you insinuated at the end,
>I think, if that was our goal, we would be stopping people from signing
>*on*, rather than trying, with mere words, to send people away. And I
>remember something John said a while back about "your presence on this
>list *gives* me permission to rock your boat"... the point is, memetics
>is such a new *in*your*face* idea that sometimes it's unavoidable.
>
>Science never said truth was beautiful. Sometimes it is, but then
>"nature red in tooth and claw"
>
>ERiC
>

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