tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post4638099990860148157..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-4784070348636792852010-03-12T19:21:50.910-06:002010-03-12T19:21:50.910-06:00Interesting analogy... but many folks who believe ...Interesting analogy... but many folks who believe in the room think it is capable of talking, listening, being discovered, or making itself known. That tweaks the scenario a bit.<br /><br />Some people claim to have seen / heard / known the room. Should we agree that their versions are precluded from being consdiered "equally valid?" <br /><br />While we're at it, when did moderation become virtuous? If there was a room, and you believed you had been there (or whatever), wouldn't it make sense to tell people about it? Wouldn't it seem not moderate but gratuitous to claim total ignorance of this room?<br /><br />If there was no room, you couldn't find its non-existence--you could only fail to find its existence. In other words, you would never have "proof" of its non-existence; only of your inability to find the room. You could only take the non-existence of the room on faith.<br /><br />It is my "emotional" "version" that knowledge of the room must exceed the reasonable. I hold out hope that the room cannot be small enough to be exhausted by one person's mind.<br /><br />Good post.Jeremy Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17641626302140786755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-4582208070013258772010-03-11T11:06:46.323-06:002010-03-11T11:06:46.323-06:00Our brains are wired to encourage feelings of room...Our brains are wired to encourage feelings of roomness from time to time.<br /><br />"Our brains are wired" is dumb science journalist shorthand, of course.<br /><br />Is shorthand dumb?Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645noreply@blogger.com