tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post4326829585813050148..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Rationalism in Racquetballgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-48933152060395518642014-05-06T23:37:22.430-04:002014-05-06T23:37:22.430-04:00I'm not terribly good at pool. Someone once sa...I'm not terribly good at pool. Someone once said to me, "but you're an engineer. It's all just impact angles and velocities, right?"<br /><br />I'd probably be decent at solving pool problems on paper.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221537769343338514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-16138884435670137612014-05-06T00:16:02.408-04:002014-05-06T00:16:02.408-04:00This sounds like a send up. In one of those old Ba...This sounds like a send up. In one of those old Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies we learn that Holmes, having never played the game, has mastered chess from reading the rules. (Shades of another thread.) it's an over top " he's so brilliant" thing. Nigel Bruce looks befuddled and we all laugh. But I find it easy to believe they mean it seriously. Bobybuilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07218089991533436881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-85675852776199171402014-05-05T21:36:42.927-04:002014-05-05T21:36:42.927-04:00I love that book.I love that book.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-85166678853357508442014-05-05T21:32:29.399-04:002014-05-05T21:32:29.399-04:00In my philosophy of religion class, we were assign...In my philosophy of religion class, we were assigned readings of the "DAODEJING", and some choice quotes from the book had me scratching my head. I thought it was complete nonsense - until our professor mentioned the difference between propositional and "acquaintance" type knowledge - or familiarity of X.<br /><br />I realized that the Daoists were poking fun at propositional type knowledge as being the "end all, be all" of knowledge in parables such as "Ding the Butcher":<br /><br />Duke Wen Hui exclaimed: "Ah! Excellent!<br />Your skill has advanced to this level?"<br />"[says the butcher] What I follow is Tao,<br />The cook puts down the knife and answered:<br />Which is beyond all skills."<br /><br />What beautiful words. Americans and Westerners would do well to read Daoist philosophy. It has some profound pieces of wisdom in it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053155617490357148noreply@blogger.com