[MD] If you find dichotomies immoral
pholden at davtv.com
pholden at davtv.com
Wed Feb 27 10:25:50 PST 2008
Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:
> And BTW Platt,
> This is where you chronic dishonesty is distinctly tiresome.
>
> No-one said dichotomies are immoral.
> No-one said dichotomies are not useful.
>
> My view is they hide complexity, they are not fundamental, and when
> debating subject that are clearly difficult (if not complicated) they
> are a hindrance to progress.
>
> But faced with a binary choice in (real) life, choose your dichotomy
> is fine by me.
> Shall I hit send or not ? You guess.
Gee, I thought you of all people would get a kick out of the article which
illustrated how complexity can be taken too far. Of course, your description of
me as "chronically dishonest" in no way hides complexity.
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