Posted by Atticus on January 22, 2005, at 19:59:31
In reply to Re: Blocking Policy, posted by mair on January 22, 2005, at 17:39:53
Well put, Mair. In fact, I used the exact same three-strikes analogy in a post to Dr. Bob last fall. Looks like you were there well ahead of me. And it appears the argument was a persuasive in your case as it was in mine: not at all. Think right-brained, Dr. B. Think right-brained! Intuition is as valuable a tool in science as adding-machine-like thinking and mathematics. I challenge you to write a post that is purely absurd for its own sake. This was an art movement called Dada back in the late 19-teens and into the 1920s. It could free up what strikes me personally as what comes across as a rather constipated way of thinking on your part on most occasions. The world is pure chaos under the veneer of order we attempt to paste over it -- and the edges of the veneer are always curling up and the veneer is always cracking to reveal this. It's worth embracing as a thought exercise, if only for a single post. Just write something utterly silly (intentionally) for the sake of writing something silly. How about it? Atticus
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