Re: Reply to Russell

Russell Stewart (diamond@rt66.com)
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:57:15 -0600

At 03:39 PM 6/21/97 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Russell wrote: "But if someone goes beyond mere intellectual curiosity
>(which, by
>the way, I hardly think is "mere"), doesn't that imply that they
>are bringing something more subjective into it?"
>
>Without a doubt. The thing one brings to it is a willingness to commit to
>the answer.

More specifically, a willingness to commit to the answer that you
*want*. And you know what? That's fine, as long as one doesn't
pretend that this answer was arrived at entirely by objective,
logical means.

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2 + 2 = 5, for very large values of 2.