[lbo-talk] Re: Clarification on Pluralism

JBrown72073 at cs.com JBrown72073 at cs.com
Wed Feb 25 18:57:38 PST 2004



>Jenny asks:
>
>> Are you saying we shouldn't even try to account for everything?
>
>Sure if you want to try that is fine. But I will admit I won't be rooting
>for your success. LOL

I meant 'we' humans, not 'we' me.


>A small quote from Wm. James: "the word ‘or’ names a genuine reality."
>
>I want the genuine reality of "or" in my life -- that freedom, that ability
>to choose. I do not want everything accounted for/explained because once
>there is a theory of eeverything, what is left to discover? where is
freedom?

A theory of everything is still a theory, it's only going to present you this problem if you believe it can't be improved upon.

Your comment seems odd to me because it puts us in a position of always searching, never finding, for fear we might remove the mystery. How do we do this?

Deliberate misapprehension? Savor the anticipation of discovery but avoid effectively engaging in it?

And how do unexplained/unaccounted for things, in a practical way, lead to more freedom?

Jenny Brown



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