🚀 go-pugleaf

On May 17, 8:28 am, "R. Srinivasan" <sradh...@in.ibm.com> wrote:
> On May 16, 9:53 am, Chris Menzel <cmen...@remove-this.tamu.edu> wrote:

> > On Thu, 15 May 2008 15:29:46 -0700 (PDT), R. Srinivasan
> > <sradh...@in.ibm.com> said:
>
> > > On May 15, 10:55 pm, Chris Menzel <cmen...@remove-this.tamu.edu>
> > > wrote:
> > >> On Wed, 14 May 2008 22:36:55 -0700 (PDT), R. Srinivasan
> > >> <sradh...@in.ibm.com> said:
>
> > >> > ...  As long as NAFL is not acknowledged by the academic community,
> > >> > all discussions of "truth" are farcical. Dishonest wheeler-dealers
> > >> > do not even have the right to even utter the word "truth" and their
> > >> > dishonest and irrelelvant musings on this subject as best ignored.
>
> > >> Just smile, nod, and back away slowly, folks...try not to look
> > >> frightened...that's it...that's it...slowly now...
>
> > > Pathetic, timid response from an alleged philosopher.
>
> > Lighten up, pally.  Your outburst above is simply ludicrous.  You may
> > well be on to something.  But to dismiss everything that has been done
> > on truth from Tarski to the present as "farcical" because your own work
> > has not received the attention you think it deserves is, well, a piece
> > of crankery of the highest order.  Don't take yourself so seriously.  
>
> What I find farcical is the manner in which my (i.e., NAFL's) serious
> and legitimate objections to classical truth are being ignored. I am
> reminded of a scene in one those "Carry on" series of movies, in which
> the main characters go to a hotel on vacation. Unfortunately, the
> hotel construction starts to collapse while they are having food.
> Under completely chaotic conditions (roof collapsing, water flooding)
> these guys are determined to pretend that all is well, and make small
> talk along the lines of "would you like your tea with sugar", etc.
>
> Regards, RS

You hear that Chris? Now is not the time to be rearranging the deck
charis, damn it!

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