> > Do you stand by the assertion that the technicality is the only reality? > > In this case, yes, of course. What other reality is there?
The one illustrated by my examples: the highly probable empirically observable effects. For example, Jim Crow laws didn't, technically, address the civil rights of blacks...just those people whose ancestors were black. The fact that there is a 100% correlation between the two is irrelevant, in a technical sense. It's an interesting way of looking at things. I just don't think it is a helpful way of understanding empirical phenomenon. It doesn't help us model present observations and predict future observations. If that isn't your goal, then using the most technical sense is reasonable, but I think it was Ronn's goal. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
