Re: virus: The other
William Roh (bill_roh@coneco.com)
Wed, 12 Nov 1997 12:13:13 -0800
Marie L. Foster wrote:
>
> Bill said
>
> >I'm in a bad mood, so this might be rough, I apologize in advance.
> >
> >It's crazy i say to think of this in this manner.
> >
> >WE ARE ALL ALIKE in a jillion ways, but different in others.
>
> snip
> >
> >Almost across the board we are different. Because we are different, and
> >because we have free will, we cannot be automotons - they exist only in
> >books and philosophy, not reality.
> >
> snip
> >
> >I try, as you have noticed, not to use absolutes. We all know that
> >absolutes are a faulty way of thinking. Marie, instead of saying "the
> >same" use the word "similar" and I'll bet most argument will fade.
> >
>
> Not rough at all. I have had similar thoughts. I know I range on the
> issue of absolutes. I will have to reevaluate where I stand on that one at
> this time. And I was not feeling that there was any argument over these
> ideas, but that they had been dismissed by list members as unworthy of
> consideration. Often trying to get ones ideas communicated is not the
> easiest thing.
>
> I really think you hit on something here when you said "we cannot be
> automatons" in response to my thought that believing in our 'sameness' is
> not a threat to autonomy. I had never juxtaposed these words in this way.
>
> As I understand it an automaton is 'hard wired' to follow programming while
> being autonomous means being self contained.... yet since they have the
> same root... It looks like I need another visit to the library to sort
> this out.
>
> As always, you guys keep the old neurons firing.
>
> Marie
>
> Marie L. Foster
>
> <http://www.geocities.com/~mfos/>
Could be a definition problem here. To me, autonamous means self
determining. If i am wrong, sorry.
i also see more of what you are getting at. i'll think about it too.
Sodom