> > From: Nathaniel Hall[SMTP:natehall@lgcy.com]
> > >>
> > >> Data are not facts, because to be in possession of a fact is
> > >> to know something about the world, i.e. to have a valid
> > >> theory. In fact, facts are theories.
> > >>
> > >> Robin
> > >
> > > I look into my in my wallet and see I have 23$. That is a fact.
> I
> > > now know something new in the world . Am I a theorist now too?
> >
> The thing in your head is a theory, a meme. It may or
> may not have a certain sort of relationship with some
> state of affairs outside your head. But either way, it
> remains a theory, a concept, a meme.
>
> BTW, falsehoods maim too, you know.
>
> Robin
At least your consistant. By the way I was maimed by my own screw up,
I meant to type in ma'am not maim. Fortunately my seeing of your remark
allows me to modify the theory to where I wanted it.
The Nateman