[MD] Missing the Point

[ian glendinning]

Robbie,

I have it too. (Henry Frankfurt)

In fact, I recommended it on here some months ago. It's not earth
shattering, it's very brief and it does provide an interesting
discussion on what makes "a lie".

I liked it. I'm shocked to hear Platt didn't.
Ian

On 9/29/06, Robert Robinson <bill_robbie at yahoo.com> wrote:
> By the way some Princeton? philospher published a 68 page book titled, "...On
> > Bullshit" in the last couple of years, which I recommend. A friend loaned me a
> > copy. Perhaps, someone might want to track down the book and read it too.
>
> Quoting Platt:
>  I bought it, read it and tossed it. Like the title, I thought it was bullshit.
>
> Platt
>
>
>  Well, the books argument unfolds very, very slowly... Platt you may be about 60 percent right. But the last 10 pages of the book made the effort worthwhile.  The author sure took his time "getting to the point". So overall I guess I don't agree.  I've certainly seen less worthy material on this very website.
>
>  I still recommend that book. I mean it only takes a half hour to read.
>  Robbie
>
> pholden at davtv.com wrote:
>  Quoting Robert Robinson :
>
> > Some peoples lively intellectual discussion is just bullshit to others. So no
> > harm done.
> > No body is forced to read or attend.
>
> A key point. I agree.
>
> > By the way some Princeton? philospher published a 68 page book titled, "...On
> > Bullshit" in the last couple of years, which I recommend. A friend loaned me a
> > copy. Perhaps, someone might want to track down the book and read it too.
>
> I bought it, read it and tossed it. Like the title, I thought it was bullshit.
>
> Platt
>
>
>
>
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