Hi Dick,

Very nice reply, thanks for putting the time to write it. I'm sure others have enjoyed reading it as much as I did. There's so much I'd like to comment, but unfortunately time is short these days, so I'll just pick what I think goes to the essence of the issue:

I know you don't think the way I do

Exactly! In fact, I think you don't think the way most people do. You can take that as an insult or as a compliment, I mean neither. You are certainly original, and that alone makes you relevant.

That said, I also think you fail to understand some of the roles explanations, theories, rationalizations, in a word, conscious thought play in people's life.

Very rarely can conscious thought do much more than establish the validity of a single cross connection of concepts

Now here I disagree vehemently. The subconscious works in mysterious ways, if you don't feed it theories, it won't tell you what to do. Sometimes the most fantastical, off-the-mark, delusional theories can produce some quite amazing results. Sometimes I think the whole point of thinking about theories is to keep your conscious mind busy while your subconscious does the real thinking, the one that actually produces results.

If that is true, then all "theories" are equal, including your own. Chris' model of the universe, Paul's, Yanniru's, Alan's, yours, mine, they all should be judged by their usefulness, by what you can achieve by thinking about them.

The rest, as you say, is all a matter of opinion.

Cheers,

Aurino

• Just a thought, true or not true! - doctordick - April 19, 2002 - 16:20 UTC
  • Please clarify - darwinpoodle - April 19, 2002 - 17:25 UTC
    • You need to think about things more carefully! - doctordick - April 19, 2002 - 20:52 UTC
      • Dr. Dick - darwinpoodle - April 22, 2002 - 00:36 UTC
      • Hi Dick - darwinpoodle - April 23, 2002 - 12:46 UTC
        • Is logical analysis to be proven? - doctordick - April 23, 2002 - 13:32 UTC
          • Dick - darwinpoodle - April 24, 2002 - 23:35 UTC
  • truth... ouch! - aurino - April 19, 2002 - 17:42 UTC
    • Oh, it's not so bad! - doctordick - April 20, 2002 - 01:37 UTC
      • What is "explanation"? - dolphin - April 21, 2002 - 04:05 UTC
      • If you don't know what truth is, you're in trouble! - aurino - April 22, 2002 - 13:44 UTC
        • It's so obvious to Aurino...but could you be mistaken sometimes? - carefuluniverse - April 22, 2002 - 19:30 UTC
          • To Mike - Hi - darwinpoodle - April 22, 2002 - 20:01 UTC
          • I'm never mistaken! - aurino - April 23, 2002 - 12:46 UTC
            • oh...r i - i - i - ight - carefuluniverse - April 24, 2002 - 00:52 UTC
              • Gaining the world and losing the soul - aurino - April 26, 2002 - 13:45 UTC
                • Paraphrase please - darwinpoodle - April 26, 2002 - 14:54 UTC
                  • I don't think so - aurino - April 26, 2002 - 16:33 UTC
                    • All of these questions.....am I alone? - dolphin - April 26, 2002 - 22:21 UTC
                • Good to hear that! - dolphin - April 26, 2002 - 22:03 UTC