Dear Joao
My fear has nothing to do with white male nor scientific centered ness. It
is a general fear of rejection. Disagreements and conversations are what
one is hoping to have. I belong to a very different paradigm and I don't
expect to be understood in general. So at least I won't complain about
about the white male syndrome.
Jinan
On Mon 10 Sep, 2018, 19:58 João Ferreira, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Jinan,
>
> Re fear of posting: I wanted to reply to your previous post. I did not
> because I was mostly going to disagree with what you wrote and anticipated
> a barrage of posts which directly or indirectly accused me of western or
> scientific centeredness or of being a white male (which is more or less the
> same as accusing me of being tall and having curly hair, that is, true yet
> irrelevant).
>
> Let it be clear that I’m not complaining. It’s a reasonable assumption that
> the world can probably survive the absence of my opinion about things.
> Further, I have decided not to reply to your previous post, in other words,
> I wasn’t pressured or bullied not do write, rather it was a personal
> decision.
>
> Why did I decided against replying? Well, while I’m not entirely sure, I
> guess the atmosphere in this list has not been fun of late, so why bother?
>
> I enjoy arguing, I particularly enjoy engaged and passionate arguments
> about art, science, books, love, and ideas in general; you know, the stuff
> worth living for.
>
> I think we shouldn’t lose the ability to gracefully play with ideas. If I
> have to consider a thousand different variables before posting a reply to a
> debate on an email list I run the risk of committing one of the greatest
> sins of our age: becoming a bore.
>
> Anyway, I enjoyed Steven Pinker's latest book it was a thoroughly good read
> and very optimistic and inspiring.
>
> Cheers,
> João
>
>
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