tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post6844517194770275698..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Gardening for Real People, Part Igcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-30381751042958295282011-07-24T23:00:10.536-04:002011-07-24T23:00:10.536-04:00"Now Gene, how could I possibly assimilate an..."Now Gene, how could I possibly assimilate an insight like that through a text-only channel? Wouldn't I have to apprentice to a Wittgenstein student or something?"<br /><br />OK, one more time: no critic of rationalism has ever said (to my knowledge) that textual instruction or wisdom is stupid or useless. YES, the ultimate would be to apprentice to a Wittgensteinian! But that does not mean reading his text is without value.<br /><br />This is the last time I will explain this, Silas. If you continue to make moronic posts implying that critics of rationalism contend that there is no value in the written word, they will henceforth be deleted. And PSH will have been proven correct!gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-83905378235270492612011-07-21T23:24:27.607-04:002011-07-21T23:24:27.607-04:00Bzzt, failure. It is not possible to teach Silas B...Bzzt, failure. It is not possible to teach Silas Barta anything over the internet. Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't understand the nature of Silas Barta.<br /><br />(Just kidding. Mostly.)PHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011728672116977010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-52105264049530982302011-07-21T10:01:51.121-04:002011-07-21T10:01:51.121-04:00Now Gene, how could I possibly assimilate an insig...Now Gene, how could I possibly assimilate an insight like that through a text-only channel? Wouldn't I have to apprentice to a Wittgenstein student or something?Silas Bartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09480427306873460464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-318430523362799122011-07-20T19:54:27.251-04:002011-07-20T19:54:27.251-04:00Silas, you might with benefit read Wittgenstein...Silas, you might with benefit read Wittgenstein's wonderful discussion of "Following a Rule," to understand how even the ability to apply an algebraic formula correctly rests upon participation in a practice that cannot be formalized.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-62925724184619689302011-07-20T19:46:06.547-04:002011-07-20T19:46:06.547-04:00Ok, Silas, here I display the great limits of my p...Ok, Silas, here I display the great limits of my patience. You keep making snide posts that imply that I, or Oakeshott, or Hayek, or some critic of rationalism, has, at some point, said something like, "Verbal instruction is useless!"<br /><br />So who said this, where and when?<br /><br />And if you can't cite someone saying that, can you please cut the asininity? Yes, I've adopted you as my one, permitted, obnoxious poster. But that doesn't mean there are no limits to my tolerance.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-52001861125738814372011-07-20T17:10:36.755-04:002011-07-20T17:10:36.755-04:00Bzzt, failure, not possible to teach gardening ove...Bzzt, failure, not possible to teach gardening over the internet, you have to apprentice, anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't understand the nature of knowledge.Silas Bartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09480427306873460464noreply@blogger.com