[MD] Reductionism

[Krimel]

>Krimel:
>I would say we tend to "value" meaning or the reduction of uncertainty.
>Uncertainty is our constant dark companion. We dread it and fight it with
>the very fiber of our being.

Marsha
I totally disagree with this statement, and wonder how you think to 
generalize with the  "We".  I simply do not understand how you come 
to this conclusion.

[Krimel]
Uncertainty is THE philosophically significant realization of the past
century. Information Theory defines "meaning" as reduction in uncertainty. I
think it is a good definition and can be applied to almost any use of the
term.

My understanding of our response to uncertainty is heavily influenced by the
religious historian Elaine Pagels.

Whenever I say 'we' henceforth read it to mean "anyone with sufficient
intelligence in interest to look into it." If you feel excluded, I will
understand. But your constant harping on my style is juvenile.