Hi Ian
Maybe what is useful here is for those who can
to try and help all of us understand what choices
and possibilities we have and what the implications
of those choices are. And to highlight those manipulations
where TINAs are made out to be valid where they are not.
TINA-there is no alternative
David M
----- Original Message -----
From: "ian glendinning" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: Emotion and Respect
> Karl, you asked ...
>>
>> But how do we know whether we are injecting wisdom or folly?
>>
>
> We don't, that's the point of wisdom, knowing that we don't know.
> We don't "know" anything do we ?
>
> We as a group of people concerned with wisdom will find at least some
> traits / qualities / values we can agree are wiser than others ....
> just one will do ... and we have the courage of our convictions to
> propose those (But we do not have the presumption that we are
> "necessarily" right.)
>
> We take a risk. We make sure we do it in a "fast failures / minimum
> casualities" environment ... and we learn ... and we go round again.
> Ian
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