tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145198247762305957.post7290440152288256015..comments2024-03-27T04:12:34.574-05:00Comments on Setting Things Straight: Why would a Serious Thinker(tm) fear my comments?Silas Bartahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09480427306873460464noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145198247762305957.post-29374431730903992402010-07-18T16:56:33.955-05:002010-07-18T16:56:33.955-05:00Thanks, Taylor! I'll try not to disappoint.Thanks, Taylor! I'll try not to disappoint.Silas Bartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09480427306873460464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145198247762305957.post-29910067638006818572010-07-17T18:47:18.238-05:002010-07-17T18:47:18.238-05:00Silas,
I have decided to give you a second-chance...Silas,<br /><br />I have decided to give you a second-chance. Now that it has come to my attention that Gene Callahan hates you, I feel it logically follows that you must be my friend!<br /><br />Also, Bob Murphy has never given up on you so there's got to be something to your antagonisms.<br /><br />So, now that I've managed to come across as a "large and in charge" total egotistical prick, I will more humbly say: I am following you on my GReader now and I hope to be challenged by you and learn something in the process. Enjoyed the last posts on Sumner and Callahan, so far.<br /><br />Keep it up!Taylor Conanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270678440957992085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145198247762305957.post-37352265204381414932010-07-17T13:44:11.354-05:002010-07-17T13:44:11.354-05:00Well said, bestquest!Well said, bestquest!Silas Bartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09480427306873460464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145198247762305957.post-8407698850601916822010-07-17T10:52:09.459-05:002010-07-17T10:52:09.459-05:00"... his worldview that requires knowledge to..."... his worldview that requires knowledge to be mostly inarticulable... "<br /><br />Here's something Kurt Vonnegut said:<br /><br />"If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do."<br /> (From "Armageddon in Retrospect", p.4)<br /><br />I often find myself recalling Vonnegut's statement when I read Gene Callahan's posts - especially the posts in which he quotes his hero, the verbose yet remarkably inarticulate Michael Oakeshott.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com