Re: virus: If you're watchin' IT ya' ain't a part of IT (was: David's top 10 (here and now))

sodom (Sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Fri, 09 Oct 1998 09:47:34 -0400


I spent a lot of time thinking about you yesterday during my evening lunch. I
decided that your purpose is to make me - and some others - be sure that we dont
use always or never. You always seem to hear "all" when "most" was said. You
are missing the point entirely. Minor aberations are irrelevant - that is what I
am telling you. Even a 3 armed - 1 eyed, eunich would be much more like us than
different. Most of how they functioned would still be similar or the same.

If you want to show me people thinking, acting and working differently - you
need to get a lot further than unlikely and random mutations. Show me a group of
very different people if you need this point to make sense.

On a seperate but similar note: modified clones might qualify - and they are
only a few years (5-20) off probably. This group, if raised differently then we
currenly raise children, might be different enough.

Bill ROh

Tim Rhodes wrote:

> Bill wrote:
>
> >And the odds of this (synesthesia) happening, are what, 1/1000000? 1 in
> 10,000,000.
>
> Closer to 1/100,000. I suggest you read the book (or another by a different
> neurologist) before making too many claims about how your piano is tuned. I
> think you'll find the "objective" science on the topic most informative.
>
> >> [1] Richard E. Cytowic, M.D. 1993. _The Man Who Tasted Shapes; A Bizarre
> Medical Mystery Offers Revolutionary Insights into Emotions, Reasoning, and
> Consciousness_ (New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam Book.)
>
> (Dr. Cytowic is one of the editors for the journals _Brain & Congition_ and
> _Brain & Language_, BTW.)
>
> -Prof. Tim