Dragaera

OT: bois (was: Sethra Lavode vs. Enchantress of Dzur Mountain)

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Thu Aug 15 13:55:43 PDT 2002

Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> writes:

> On 15 Aug 2002, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
> 
> #I'm a counterexample.  To me "non-verbal thought" is an oxymoron.
> #Writing badly is to me a clear sign of thinking unclearly.  And so
> #forth.
> 
> Does not compute. Writing is not the same as thinking. Writing requires
> words; it is by definition verbal. So the fact that a person writes
> badly does not prove that thought is verbal unless you assume that
> thought can be transmitted directly through writing, without a stage of
> transforming thought into words: i.e., that thought is verbal, the very
> point you are claiming to prove. -- Or do I misunderstand you?

You're confusing argument with opinions, actually, is what's
happening.  Which is why "to me" occurs twice in those three
sentences. 
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