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Subject: Re: good bye
Thanks Ranjeeth, It is difficult to express how grateful I am to have something to actually do at a time like this. That's the kind of person I happen to be. Being able to wrap my brain and body around a tangible task relieves me of a tremendous amount of stress and untold frustration at my personal helplessness in the face of such an overwhelming reality. I just happen to be lucky, but I will not sleep any easier than anyone else for that. Achieving a little bit more perspective each day that passes is all any of us can do right now, except give blood, money, and if you happen to an emergency worker on the scene, your personal sweat and effort... and of course, tears. There's a reason why we cry at times of joy and sorrow. It actually helps. It is not weakness. It is just human. Come to think of that, as Gandhi is said to have replied when asked what he thought of Western Civilization, being a just human is, I think, a good idea. Ciao, Rex At 8:41 PM -0400 9/12/01, Ranjeeth Kumar Thunga wrote: >There is a lot to stomach being part of the HumanMarkup group, and >discussion requires many characteristics--intellect and experience are >simply two of these. > >The most important personality trait needed for HumanMarkup is a tolerance >and willingness to endure the problems of human communication firsthand. >Before we formalize efforts on the 17th of September, let's keep in mind >this is the ONE prerequisite for being with the group. Whether criticism is >taken personally or not, we must grow from everyone's words--our harshest >critics and our biggest fans. We simply must keep learning and growing. > >Not all of us have such a tolerance...especially during such an emotional >time period. Additionally, there may be non-obvious issues involved...all >we do is respect the decisions made. > >Ranjeeth Kumar Thunga > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rex Brooks" <rexb@starbourne.com> >To: "Paul Stephen Prueitt" <bcngroup@erols.com>; ><humanmarkup-comment@lists.oasis-open.org> >Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 7:50 PM >Subject: Re: good bye > > >> >> My first reply to this message appears to have been in error since I >> thought that John Gardner had apologized and Paul Prueitt had >> reconsidered this, but that appears not to have been the case. My >> misapprehension appears to have been caused by receiving replies to >> this post before I actually received this post, and such is the kind >> of cross traffic that occurs at times like this, as is this sad >> little chapter of our own here. >> >> I think we could have benefitted from Paul's work and John's and that >> we will poorer for the lack. >> >> Ciao, >> Rex >> >> >> At 1:50 PM -0700 9/12/01, Paul Stephen Prueitt wrote: >> >I was interested in working within this group before the tragedy. The >fact >> >of this kind of tragedy has long been predicted, and there will be others >to >> >come. With a shallow IT and a funding mechanism that will not address >core >> >issues (for example as related to using gesturing as part of the message) >> >then America and the democratic countries around the world will be hit >and >> >hit again unexpectedly by those populations of people who are in dispare. >> > >> >*** >> > >> >It seems that I am not understood in my message. >> > >> >A "Pribram-Hameroff-Penrose Viewpoint" mentioned in the BCNGroup Charter >is >> >not a >> > >> >"theory of human everything ,expressed> in HumanMarkup <that> is really >> >rather embarrassing to read" - as Mr Gardner has claimed. He him, sadly >> >shake my head and wonder why such comments must occur. Mr. Gardner, just >> >why are you embarrassed? The theoritical work that I put forward has >> >everything to do with how human's use their biological memory systems and >> >anticipatory systems to make sense of the world. It is not a perfect >> >theory, but YOU HAVE NO THEORY do you? >> > >> >The Pribram-Hameroff-Penrose Viewpoint is a view of the current science >in >> >perceptual physics, cognitive neuroscience and from massive work on the >> >problems of vetting intelligence through the digital structures of the >> >Internet. The notions of state-gesture pairing, mentioned in the work I >> >referenced here, are related to a choreographing of behavioral actions. >> > >> >I do not understand this response from Mr. Gardner.... and ask that his >> >insult to my work be censored. I just can not imagine that SUN >Microsystems >> >would have people like this working in this area. >> > >> >** >> > >> >If there is no concern for a deeper theory of behavior within the >> >HumanMarkup process, then this is more of the same. The topic maps (XTM) >> >dialog is similarly poisoned by the type is behavior that is expressed by >> >Mr. Gardner. How can a community address an issue like knowledge >> >representation when there are leaders in these communities that insult >the >> >science in such a profound way. >> > >> >I expected differently... and apologize for speaking in this forum. >> > >> >I withdraw for the forum to let you do what ever it is that you where >doing. >> > >> >Any one wanting to have a positive discussion about issues of science, is >> >welcome to seek me out. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >---------------------------------------------------------------- >> >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription >> >manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> >> >> >> -- >> Rex Brooks >> GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison, Berkeley, CA, 94702 USA, Earth >> W3Address: http://www.starbourne.com >> Email: rexb@starbourne.com >> Tel: 510-849-2309 >> Fax: By Request >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription >> manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> >> > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription >manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> -- Rex Brooks GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison, Berkeley, CA, 94702 USA, Earth W3Address: http://www.starbourne.com Email: rexb@starbourne.com Tel: 510-849-2309 Fax: By Request
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