tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post115504196913040788..comments2023-12-13T16:57:33.142-06:00Comments on Blogodidact: "... Peoples separated by a common language."Van Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-1155082497178495872006-08-08T19:14:00.000-05:002006-08-08T19:14:00.000-05:00:-):-)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-1155059478996292402006-08-08T12:51:00.000-05:002006-08-08T12:51:00.000-05:00Van, this is MUCH better, much more inviting. Did...Van, this is MUCH better, much more inviting. Didn't want to say anything about the old site, but I think it was designed by a blind man--the same guy who designed Lancaster.<BR/><BR/>Please don't feel shy about pimping it any time you want at One Cosmos.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-1155049538486985152006-08-08T10:05:00.000-05:002006-08-08T10:05:00.000-05:00It fascinates me as well that people can "talk pas...It fascinates me as well that people can "talk past" one another the way they do. A spiral dynamicist might explain it in terms of incompatible v-memes or something like that, which may be a little like Sowell's "conflict of visions." <BR/><BR/>However, I'm interested in whether it's possible to cultivate a kind of discussion or dialogue between people that overcomes these dispararities in perspective enough for them to at least understand one another a little better and respect each other a little more than they do initially, instead of doing like some people and dismissing people and their differing opinions outright.<BR/><BR/>You may find the idea of improved dialogue rather than mere, simple choice leading to greater mutual understanding and respect as some kind of misguided "deterministic" scheme doomed to fail, just as I may tend to regard your idea of choice in a causal vacuum as simplistic.<BR/><BR/>You're probably right that both "visions" in their extreme forms are distortions of the truth. If I were a betting man, I'd bet that the truth lies somewhere in between and that we are both "free" and "determined," or "free" when looked at one legitimate way, and "determined" when looked at another legitimate way, and that skillful means, methods, or "engineering" on the one hand and raw choice on the other to produce desired outcomes are both necessary much of the time.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549770321948541384noreply@blogger.com