[sci.misc] The reality of nature

jsb@dasys1.UUCP (The Invisible Man) (04/01/88)

Map or mis-map all you like.  Things aren't what you call them.  It's like 
choosing a name for a deaf dog.  It doesn't matter which name you choose, it
won't come when called.


-- 
Jim Baumbach					{uunet}!mstan\
Big Electric Cat New York City         {bellcore,cmcl2}!cucard!dasys1!jsb
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			"Just say N20"

sarge@thirdi.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode) (04/02/88)

In article <3645@dasys1.UUCP> jsb@dasys1.UUCP (The Invisible Man) writes:
>Map or mis-map all you like.  Things aren't what you call them.

Agreed.

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"The map may not be the territory, but it's all we've got."

Sarge Gerbode
Institute for Research in Metapsychology
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govett@avsd.UUCP (David Govett) (04/04/88)

> Map or mis-map all you like.  Things aren't what you call them.  It's like 
> choosing a name for a deaf dog.  It doesn't matter which name you choose, it
> won't come when called.
> 
> 


No, it will come BEFORE it's called, according the the General Theory of
Relativity.