[MD] Step two

[Dan Glover]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Craig Erb <craig_erb at ymail.com> wrote:
> [Dan]
>>  social patterns have nothing to
> do with groups of individuals.
>[Craig]
> Social patterns have everything to do with groups of individuals.
> A green, rectangular piece of paper is the social pattern of money only relative to a group of individuals who use it as a medium of exchange.

Dan:
You said it yourself: money is only relative to a group of
individuals... it is not comprised of that group of individuals.

>
> [Dan]
>> Social patterns cannot be seen. They exist in the mind, not in
> physical
>> reality. No matter how closely you examine the man you will
> find nothing > to lead you to believe that he is President of the United
> States.
>[Craig]
> From the fact that social patterns cannot be seen it doesn't follow that evidence of social patterns cannot be seen.

Dan:
I didn't say that social patterns cannot be inferred.

Dan

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