H'mmm

David Stockhoff · 18 Nov 2011, 14:36 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:36:52 -0500
Subject: (urth) H'mmm
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On 11/18/2011 9:04 AM, Lee Berman wrote:
> I'm completely with Marc on this. Brilliant analogy. The connection between inhumi and
> lianas (and trees and Neighbors) is primarily spiritual. There is a biological connection
> implied because the entire Sun Series has a devotion to the premise that there is a
> scientific level of understanding to all spiritual things. Think Dr. Crane's burst blood
> vessel explanation for an epiphany. Crane may be right but he misses the point: the flesh
> participates in experiential events but the spirit is what matters most.
>
> It is unfair to try to pin Marc down to explain the specifics of the biological connection
> between vines and inhumi when the text obviously doesn't supply them. This is akin to the
> dismissive strategies of our resident Atheist Warriors in here. If there is no hard science
> explanation for something, it doesn't exist.

Well put. Wolfe shows us again and again that such details are not 
important. He even offers explanations that are bunk, such as Typhon's 
explanation of how a flier works.

In this case, "nature finds a way" is enough. Nature "red [or green] in 
tooth and claw," especially.

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