Re: god makes hubey

Benjamin H. Diebold (bdiebold@minerva.cis.yale.edu)
21 Nov 1995 21:05:35 GMT

H. M. Hubey (hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu) wrote:
: Someone who thinks that giving names to things is explanation might
: find things odd; scientists don't.

: If you went to a doctor and complained of rapid heart beat and he
: wrote down tachycardia, would you be impressed? I wouldn't.

I'm not sure why I'm bothering, but this is just flat-out wrong. The
explanation provided WAS an explanation. It was NOT a synonym. It was
completely adequate.

If you don't understand the explanation, perhaps you should just ask for
some help, or do a little reading of your own.

Ben