Re: virus: Spirituality?

sodom (Sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 09:32:11 -0400


Yes, I agree, Dan, your posts have been quite enlightening and coherent. I
actually had the basic understanding of your message already, but not as
well put together as that. Your contributions to this list have been
terrific.

Sodom

Andreas Engstrom wrote:

> "B. Lane Robertson" wrote:
>
> >Too long.
>
> (And then he went on to quote the entire message he thought was too
> long, over 400 lines of text)
>
> No, Brett, it wasn't too long at all. It was long, but coherent,
> legible, interesting, and relevant to the ideas discussed on this list.
>
> Which, incidentally, can't be said about posts that are _426_ lines
> long, and only express your petty opinion that the previous post was
> "too long". Personally, I don't think anything is "too long" as long as
> it adds more to the discussion than it quotes from it.
>
> Dan, do you know if any research has been made into this idea about
> "curiosity" being caused by withdrawal of endorphines and "injection" of
> stressors? It sounds plausible enough, but that could be said about lots
> of things that have turned out to be wrong.. You don't happen to know of
> any material related to this subject that are available on the web?
>
> -Andreas
> (Great Randomness)