Hi cris
At 8:46 AM +0000 14/1/2002, cris cheek wrote:
> I don't often see argument as being 'right' or being 'wrong but as
>contrasting points of view put with eloquence and even force, then left
>hanging in the air as a shape of positions for the protagonists and others
>to mull over.
It's the process of collaborative thinking which can be so
stimulating about email lists - I used to think of it as thinking
aloud in company (as opposed to shouting in private) and some of the
most fun times I've had have been during fiercely contested,
intelligently articulated arguments. And I enjoy the subsequent
refining of my own thinkings when I'm intelligently disagreed with.
You're absolutely right about the inhibitions on intuitive play and
speculation caused by the imperative to "prove it". Do we come to
conversations with our law books by our sides? Well, only in court;
and believe me, that's a pretty dull place to be.
Mad Dog Al
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