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From: ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Road Apples
Message-ID: <1581@hao.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 08:49:24 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  6 08:49:24 1985
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There were only two net.origins postings on a dull day, so I
actually read one of Ken Arndt's typical postings.  Surprisingly,
I have a few comments:

he says,
> I really don't mean to make you guys wet your pants with my postings.
> But I can't control your functions, eh.  
> 

I say,
Seems to me that he can't control his own functions.  If he put
a bit more substance into postings he would be worth reading.
As it is almost all of Ken's posting belong in .philosophy or
.religion where long articles devoid of substance are common.

he says,
> Look, the long and the short of it is that I have a different definition
> of what science is - a view that is not unique to me - and I come at
> 'reality' from a different philosophical stance, epistomologically speaking
> and you guys go into orbit!

I say,
The problem is, Ken's definition of science is not shared by
many scientists and is unlike the ways of thought that have been
proven to work.  It is much more like the workings of religion
that have been historically able to reliably produce only one
thing: war.  Ken may sneer at techies and prefer the noble way
of pure thought, but technology is the implementation of things
that work, while Ken's style of pure thought tends to be even
less use than his road apples.

> PS  My money says Colin and Hua are sons of Baptist ministers!  That would
>     explain a lot.

My money says that ... Oh, never mind.