Pike's ghost

Lee Berman · 30 Nov 2011, 18:32 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:32:48 -0500
Subject: (urth) Pike's ghost
Message-ID: <SNT123-W50FADE3758538BB42A2747CFB00 at phx.gbl>

>Antonio Pedro Marques: If you think the archives are full of theories 
>challenged because they have simpler alternatives, I think perhaps you 
>might reread them. They are challenged because they have problems, and 
>the only way to go forward is to address those problems.

Is Antonio implying that some theories are problem-free and therefore go
unchallenged? I'd be interested in see a list of such theories (though I
suspect it would end up being a very short and boring list).

Conversely, since virtually all theories are challenged, does that lead
to the conclusion that all theories have problems and ought to be abandoned?

I see no mechanism for "going forward" in Antonio's guidelines for the 
proper way of conducting business here. But perhaps I misunderstand him.

>David Stockhoff: You certainly don't need to argue with Gerry through me. 

Well, if that is a problem I can try to avoid that in the future. But since
I am using writing to participate in this forum, I think it is more interesting
to use literary devices at times, rather than try to maintain the illusion
that the bunch of us knuckleheads are actually in a room together, conversing
directly through speech. Keeps things here in the proper perspective of being 
entertainment rather than real world interactions.

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