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Posted by Joe on 08/16/06 01:38
In article <doraymeRidThis-196DF3.15013815082006@news-
vip.optusnet.com.au>, doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au says...
> In article <MPG.1f4bd602b72cd0b69896df@news.aardvark.net.au>,
> Joe <joedinmore@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> > In any case, the original thesis was that "everything is either cookery
> > or dressmaking".
>
> OK, I will tell you what I find uncomfortable about this thesis.
> It is the same as what is uncomfortable about theological
> statements and some "scientific sounding" statements, namely,
> that it is impossible to even think of a possible fault because
> the defender can always stretch it to cover anything at all. Now
> you are supposing this is its great strength but that is not at
> all so, a thesis that can be defended against anything at all is
> a thesis that says very little in the final scheme of things. You
> might have to trust me on this. You need to. I would not mislead
> you. Honest.
>
>
I'll give it some thought, but it's likely I will continue to advocate
teaching cookery and dressmaking to primary school children, because I
reckon those skills, once gained, are portable into every (most?)
endeavour.
I've never met a Martian I didn't trust.
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