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[Joseph Maurer]

On 5/28/10 11:34 AM, "Ham Priday" <hampday1 at verizon.net> wrote:

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> Joe Maurer has a keen mind
> and has come up with some perceptive ideas, despite his obsession with
> numbers and mathematics (an SOM preoccupation).  At one time I thought he
> would be my first "convert" to Essentialism, but it appears he's more
> interested in working out his own philosophy.
> 
> Not sure about you, though, Adrie.  I'll know when we reach a point of
> disagreement.  It's bound to come before long.
> 
> Thanks for the interest you've shown thus far.


Hi Ham and all,
 
Ham, it is unreasonable that you categorize the people who made possible the
machine you are using for communication worldwide, by building a computer
connected to a internet, supporting an email program, as being the result of
an (obsession with numbers and mathematics (an SOM preoccupation)).
Obsession with numbers doesn¹t make any sense at all in understanding such a
marvel!  Mathematics is a real discipline in logic not an obsession.
 
I realize that you do not accept evolution.  Imho the intellectual
capacities in a sentient individual, which enable the creation of a
computer, are different in reality than gravity immobilizing an inorganic
rock.  I do not think that Essentialism has great explanatory power for
describing reality.
 
Evolution, levels in existence, is a more rational metaphysics in proposing
the basis of a discipline for examining the environment, rather than
awaiting revelation from an incomprehensible higher source.
 
Joe