From a.rosta@ntlworld.com Sun Apr 07 07:54:06 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: a.rosta@ntlworld.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_1); 7 Apr 2002 14:54:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 12706 invoked from network); 7 Apr 2002 14:54:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 7 Apr 2002 14:54:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mta02-svc.ntlworld.com) (62.253.162.42) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Apr 2002 14:54:00 -0000 Received: from oemcomputer ([62.253.89.109]) by mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020407145358.NVYB286.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@oemcomputer> for ; Sun, 7 Apr 2002 15:53:58 +0100 To: Subject: RE: [lojban] Whorf Hypothesis in Scientific American Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 15:54:16 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C1DE4C.7899A320" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <136.b562f29.29d3d8dd@aol.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 From: "And Rosta" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=77248971 X-Yahoo-Profile: andjamin ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C1DE4C.7899A320 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: pycyn@aol.com [mailto:pycyn@aol.com] Sent: 28 March 2002 02:24 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Whorf Hypothesis in Scientific American In a message dated 3/27/2002 3:23:55 PM Central Standard Time, rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org writes: By 'loony' you mean 'clinically insane'? At a (reasonable) guess, something more like "harboring a belief web featuring a number of claims very different from the ones I accept and that I think are not amenable to scientific verification, but that strongly affect his behavior and methodolgy and subsequent beliefs" E.g. most crack-pots. Just so. Note too that a loony is relatively harmless. The worst a religious loony would do would be to ring your doorbell & like double glazing salespersons badger you to have your soul saved, whereas a religious maniac or a religious nutter might try to kill you or suchlike. --And. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C1DE4C.7899A320 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
From: pycyn@aol.com [mailto:pycyn@aol.com]
Sent: 28=20 March 2002 02:24
To: lojban@yahoogroups.com
Subject: = Re:=20 [lojban] Whorf Hypothesis in Scientific American

In a=20 message dated 3/27/2002 3:23:55 PM Central Standard Time,=20 rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org writes:


By 'loony' you mean 'clinically insane'?

At a (reasonable) guess, something more like "harboring a belief= web=20 featuring a number of claims very different from the ones I accept and th= at I=20 think are not amenable to scientific verification, but that strongly affe= ct=20 his behavior and methodolgy and subsequent beliefs"  E.g. most=20 crack-pots. 
 
Just= so. Note=20 too that a loony is relatively harmless. The worst a religious loony woul= d=20 do
woul= d be to=20 ring your doorbell & like double glazing salespersons badger you to h= ave=20 your soul
save= d, whereas=20 a religious maniac or a religious nutter might try to kill you or=20 suchlike.
 
--And.
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