[MD] The luxury of time

[X Acto]

Correction analytics often sacrifices meaning for consistency.

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> On Nov 23, 2016, at 8:44 AM, X Acto <xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> 
> All and especially Tukka,
> I'm in a phase in my life where free time is at a premium. It costs. I must buy chunks of it.
> 
> The first order of free time is spent with my family, the second on the up keep of my house and property. 
> Between my job and these necessities I contemplate the recent loss of close friends 
> And reflect on my life and where it is going.
> My parenting and my relationships.
> 
> Often it is during lunch when I have just enough time to cram a sandwich in my face that I check e-mails, face book and the news. I try to follow along on MD also.
> Occasionally I'll read something that turns in my head all day while I set up equipment or in the zone of recording data. I've been staking out a pipeline center line over the course of several miles across vast farm fields in Pennsylvania. I have had some space to think over the 12 to 15 hrs a day
> I spend pounding stakes into the ground.
> I'll jot down ideas, blurbs really, then I make the mistake of trying to join these bits and pieces into a conversation using my thumb
> While I'm servicing equipment and charging batteries sitting in the work truck warming my bones.
> Consequently my recent posts are unintelligible. I know where I was going but
> The words and grammatical errors make it very unclear.
> 
> What I was trying to explain to Tuk is that dialectic is best utilized and understood as a process of hypothesis elimination. It is used to clarify thoughts and ideas to gain a better understanding of a particular subject matter.
> Contradictions are a sign of a flaw in understanding. It originated as a form of deconstruction of knowledge not an analytical tool for determining syllogistic continuity. Its purpose was to break down theoretical assumptions and start theory building in a more empirical process.
> 
> If you view dialectic as a truth finder in a kind of intellectual contest then you are missing the point of Philosophy.
> Analytics often sacrifices meaning for consistency as its ultimate aim.
> 
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> 
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