>Just about every acting, dance, painting, poetry or sculpure teacher I
>ever had said more or less that (though never in those words). "Get the
Last time I checked we were talking about ontology and epistemology.
>technique first, then you can apply theory to it," was the way they
>usually introduced the concept.
I don't think that says the same thing.
>> To be honest, I think that is absolutely true. If I could
>> get rid of my rationality I could indeed believe anything and everything.
>
>If you would believe "anything and everything" without having your
><rationality> then you have a much weaker internal structure than I have
>given you credit for, David.
Why do you say that?
> I'm sorry I asked you to give it up--it was
>like asking a child to go to sleep without its favorite teddy bear.
>Nothing less than cruel on my part!
Ah yes, rationality is just a teddy bear. Very clever. :)
>> But I have to ask, is that really what I should want?
>
>I hate "should"s. What you "should" do or want or need or fear or hate or
>love are buy or sell your business. Why "should" I, or anyone else, give
>up on "faith"(generally) either?
Because that is a provably poor strategy for playing The Game. Actually,
since you've cast yourself as an opponent, please do use "faith" exclusively.
Yeah, that's the ticket.. :)
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/