Anthony, The phrase "if you look hard enough you can find anything in anything" implies that you can find it even if it's not really there. http://www.xpres.net/~gmattson/ubbs/smile.gif I try to maintain an objective mindset, but that's a personal choice not universally shared in the marti...

Hello, I agree that analogies are imperfect and such discussions can degenerate into finding where the analogy does fit. Hence the initial caveat that the purpose is merely to illustrate. A finger pointing to the moon, as it were. http://www.xpres.net/~gmattson/ubbs/wink.gif As to your question &quo...

Hello Dr. X, The format of this forum doesn't lend itself to the easy quote-and-reply format of news or email (and long-winded essays are therefore the norm http://www.xpres.net/~gmattson/ubbs/wink.gif ) but before I launch into mine I do want to correct a quote you took from me. You stated "So...

Greetings all, I am the 'wag' that Mike referred to at the close of the previous thread. http://www.xpres.net/~gmattson/ubbs/smile.gif I watch these discussions with a sort of bemused horror, if you will, based on the experience of seeing familiar patterns of people talking past each other, injectin...