Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 13:47:32 -0700 From: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <200209092047.g89Klb134306@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes: > Dave Hayes wrote: >> >> Thing is, they are still arbitrary. ;) >> > >> > Perhaps individually. On average, though, they are not, and >> > that's really the only useful place to measure them, since >> > measuring them elsewhere would be... arbitrary. >> >> The average of an arbitrary measure is still arbitrary. ;) > > What about the average of a non-arbitrary measure of arvitrary > values? You can't non-arbitrarily measure arbitrary values. >> >> > Exactly. You solution is the same as a childs, and works about as >> >> > well, overall, which is to say "not at all, as a long term approach". >> >> >> >> I thought the simplest solution to a problem was the best? ;) >> > >> > Childish and Simple is not an identity relationship. >> >> You are actually going to argue that "ignoring trolls" isn't the >> simplest answer? > > Yes. It fails to fit all the facts. What facts does it need to fit? It's simple, you ignore the trolls, they don't bother you. What more needs to be said or analyzed? ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< A certain conqueror said to Nasrudin: "Mulla, all the great rulers of the past had honorific titles with the name of God in them: there was, for instance, God-Gifted, God-Accepted, God-Sent, and so on. How about such a name for me?" "God Forbid." said Nasrudin. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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