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Author: curmudgeoncurmudgeon Date: Aug 4, 2007 11:58
Way back when in my high school and college days, I had a teacher who just
loved to use clich
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Author: chazwinchazwin Date: Aug 5, 2007 02:48
On Aug 4, 7:58 pm, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:> Way back when in my high school and college days, I had a teacher who just
> loved to use clichés and platitudes to get the class talking about
> philosophy.
> His idea was very simple he would quote what I now call a bumper sticker
> idiom and then ask the following questions.
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> Do you understand it, if so then why so ?
> If you do not understand it, then why so ?
> Do you agree with it, if so then why so ?
> If you disagree with it, then why so ?
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> This approach meant that there were no wrong answers as such,
> anything and everything was up for debate, both pro and con.
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> A couple of examples for your intellect, imagination or entertainment.
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> *Murphy's Law*
> If anything can go wrong it will.
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Author: Robert CohenRobert Cohen Date: Aug 5, 2007 07:18
On Aug 4, 2:58 pm, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:> Way back when in my high school and college days, I had a teacher who just
> loved to use clichés and platitudes to get the class talking about
> philosophy.
> His idea was very simple he would quote what I now call a bumper sticker
> idiom and then ask the following questions.
>
> Do you understand it, if so then why so ?
> If you do not understand it, then why so ?
> Do you agree with it, if so then why so ?
> If you disagree with it, then why so ?
>
> This approach meant that there were no wrong answers as such,
> anything and everything was up for debate, both pro and con.
>
> A couple of examples for your intellect, imagination or entertainment.
>
> *Murphy's Law*
> If anything can go wrong it will.
> ...
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Author: ZerkonXZerkonX Date: Aug 5, 2007 11:24
On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:58:01 -0600, curmudgeon wrote:
> If anything can go wrong it will.
If anything can go wrong, it is wrong.
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Author: ZerkonXZerkonX Date: Aug 5, 2007 11:35
On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:48:51 -0700, chazwin wrote:
>> If anything can go wrong it will.
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> Sometimes toast does land butter side up..
... but when?
I think this these are things to play around with not to be taken so
seriously. His teacher, I guess, understood that play can result in
real insights.
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Author: chazwinchazwin Date: Aug 5, 2007 15:18
On Aug 5, 3:18 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:> On Aug 4, 2:58 pm, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:
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>>> Way back when in my high school and college days, I had a teacher who just
>> loved to use clichés and platitudes to get the class talking about
>> philosophy.
>> His idea was very simple he would quote what I now call a bumper sticker
>> idiom and then ask the following questions.
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>> Do you understand it, if so then why so ?
>> If you do not understand it, then why so ?
>> Do you agree with it, if so then why so ?
>> If you disagree with it, then why so ?
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>> This approach meant that there were no wrong answers as such,
>> anything and everything was up for debate, both pro and con. ...
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Author: curmudgeoncurmudgeon Date: Aug 5, 2007 15:41
"There are no enemies in science just anomalies,
but science has many enemies"
*CUR*
Does the phrase from the Bible
"Be fruitful and multiply"
Mean that it both supports and encourages
Cloning?
An anomaly is something that science
cannot fully explain as of yet.
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Author: Robert CohenRobert Cohen Date: Aug 5, 2007 18:57
On Aug 5, 6:18 pm, chazwin yahoo.com> wrote:> On Aug 5, 3:18 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:
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>>> On Aug 4, 2:58 pm, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:>
>>> Way back when in my high school and college days, I had a teacher who just
>>> loved to use clichés and platitudes to get the class talking about
>>> philosophy.
>>> His idea was very simple he would quote what I now call a bumper sticker
>>> idiom and then ask the following questions.
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>>> Do you understand it, if so then why so ?
>>> If you do not understand it, then why so ?
>>> Do you agree with it, if so then why so ?
>>> If you disagree with it, then why so ?
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Aug 5, 2007 21:22
On Aug 4, 11:58 am, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:> Way back when in my high school and college days, I had a teacher who just
> loved to use clichés and platitudes to get the class talking about
> philosophy.
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> His idea was very simple he would quote what I now call a bumper sticker
> idiom and then ask the following questions.
>
Some varient of that method works very well for handling a very large
and complex data base of information;
A rule of thumb is a principle with broad application that is not
intended to be strictly accurate or reliable for every situation. It
is an easily learned and easily applied procedure for approximately
calculating or recalling some value, or for making some determination.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb
...Generally grandmasters survey the chess board and forecast the
pieces only one move ahead. Then they select the most plausible play
or two and investigate its consequences deeper. At every move ahead...
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