tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post8992202113193335418..comments2023-10-26T04:21:32.229-07:00Comments on Mirth, memories and more: The honesty argumentmusafirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-47750644505076597372007-10-08T07:17:00.000-07:002007-10-08T07:17:00.000-07:00~such~The idea was to present the issues at stake ...<B>~such~</B><BR/><BR/>The idea was to present the issues at stake without trying to sell one's argument, and then having presented the issues, to try and see if I would take the same path to the same conclusion. I find that even if one deosn't conclude, one must be very clear about what it is that one hasn't decided about and why it is that one has refrained from concluding. One must have the intellectual honesty to accept a <I>right</I> conclusion even if it goes against one's grain. Often the <I>undecided</I> people I run across are those who refuse to change after having been confronted with ample evidence and a solid argument. <BR/><BR/>As for your opinion on the problem, I agree. To each his own. Which is why talk about honesty being a <I>rigid</I> virtue is short-sighted.<BR/><BR/>And I can guess quite easily which footnote and which friend :-)musafirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-7880452154895604562007-10-08T06:45:00.000-07:002007-10-08T06:45:00.000-07:00good post.. Though, I felt that you were exploring...good post.. <BR/><BR/>Though, I felt that you were exploring more than concluding on anything.. But the tone then abruptly shifted to a conclusion.. Was it an inherant need for a conclusion? Or did you feel that any argument must 'logically' conclude?<BR/><BR/>As for the door puzzle, I wouldnt categorize the gaurd's conviction/perception as his "truth". Its probably his comfort zone, something that defines the 'climate' and is defined by the 'climate'.<BR/><BR/>Your foot note reminds me of the one of the rare discussions I had with a common friend of ours that ended amicably.<BR/><BR/>Ah! the premises...The ultimate 42 of life :)~SuCh~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-70442825007123623822007-10-07T20:46:00.000-07:002007-10-07T20:46:00.000-07:00karthik:) ... yeah, but then there were a lot of o...<B>karthik</B><BR/><BR/>:) ... yeah, but then there were a lot of other people who didn't.<BR/><BR/>Poems and stories -- when I get the time :(musafirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-54549282327517502182007-10-07T13:08:00.000-07:002007-10-07T13:08:00.000-07:00Dei start writing stories and poems again da. Ohh ...Dei start writing stories and poems again da. Ohh and as an aside - Robert Pirsig thought too much and ended up in a mental hospital :))))Karthikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05454844690426038880noreply@blogger.com