[AccessD] OT:Friday

Despite the fact that I majored in philosophy, I never did quite get Rene's
point on this. "I feel pain, therefore I am" seems more apt to me. In fact,
I once witnessed a graphic demonstration of this. A student issued the
classic narcissist/sophist argument, "How do I know you're not not just a
figment of my imagination?", whereupon my friend Paul slapped him hard on
the face. No further discussion was required, but at the risk of pedantry I
continue.

At this point, the student had a number of options:

I merely think that I have been humiliated in public and am currently
feeling pain, but this is not actually the case, since it's all an illusion.
Therefore the swelling on my cheek is an illusion. The question therefore
becomes, why does it hurt? Why do I have illusions that hurt? Why don't I
focus on Penelope Cruz, if I'm going to have illusions? Of course, my
illusion of Ms. Cruz could hurt me, too, and how could I fight that off?
She'd crush me and mock my desire, but it's ok, since it's all in the
imagination.

I actually was humiliated in public and actually am feeling pain (in which
case, my previous thesis that everything may be imaginary is incorrect). I
actually was humiliated in public and actually am feeling the pain of the
slap.

None of the above is correct. I'm simply a deluded person from Winnipeg,
which explains everything.

None of the above is correct. I'm simply a deluded person from Winnipeg,
which explains nothing.

And so on.

(Hey, it's Friday!)
A.

On 12/14/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
wrote:
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> Rene Descartes quaffed his pint and the barmaid asked him if he'd like
> another.  Rene said: "I don't think...".  And then he disappeared.
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> Rocky
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> "I think" Rocky
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> ...do you schedule it, or does it just occur in rare random moments of
> sophistry?
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> William
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> > Philistine is, I think, the word you're looking for.
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> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
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> > Sometimes, William, it's difficult to tell whether you just like to play
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> > ignorant lout or you actually are the aforementioned. I'll go with the
> > former, in Christmas spirit.
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> > On 12/13/07, William Hindman <wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote:
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> >> ...wouldn't a simple "goodbye" have done? :)
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