Re: WHY ED CAN'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER

Ed Conrad (edconrad@prolog.net)
22 Nov 1996 14:18:13 GMT

"Michael D. Painter" <mpainter@maxinet.com> wrote:

>Which brings up a question.
>What are your credentials?

``An odd individual certainly, often without scientific
credenitials, cantakerous and eccentric, yet he possesses
certain assets that go unnoticed . . . he need not worry
. about losing face with his colleagues for, more usually
. than not, the poor fellow has none . . .

``The gifted amateur has no rosy bubble
to break and is often regarded as a fool to begin
with: he can afford to dally. His livelihood is not
dependent upon his success or failure and, lacking
credentials, he does not fear losing what he
does not possess."

``The Afterdeath Journal
of an American Philosopher:
The World View of William James"
(by Jane Roberts, Prentice-Hall Inc.)