On Sep 20, 2014, at 7:33 AM, Carlos Pires <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The sisters are now enjoying those delicious scones when someone rings the doorbell: it's Dr Love! He says:
> —Congratulations, Mrs Speck: you are a designer!
> And then:
> —Congratulations, Deidre: you are an engineer!
I hope Terry at least gets an invitation to a snack, a cup of tea, and some nice conversation.
And I hope I'm not being too presumptuous by trying to speak for Terry: He works at grand definitions because he is trying to clarify grand issues.
I admire his and many other people's attempts because, on some occasions, they start to clarify grand issues. Whether it is because I am wise and/or pragmatic or because I am lazy and/or narrow, I usually avoid dwelling on such conversations. In the case of grand definitions of design, I fear we are all the blind men each describing our part of the elephant.
It may be that such discussions will unveil the nature of the elephant for us. Discussions might allow us to figure out which of us is grasping the decorative harness the circus placed on the poor beast, mistaking it for the essence of pachydermatousness. Or I might be right. I believe we might actually be groping at different animals.
Gunnar
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East Carolina University
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