[lit-ideas] Re: interaction of polls and public opinion
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:57:23 -0400
Appeal to other sources is the definition of theory: Merriam Webster online
again: 5 : a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or
body of principles offered to explain phenomena <the wave theory of light>
Once it's scientifically acceptable, it's no longer just a belief, i.e., a
meme. PDQ.
> [Original Message]
> From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 10/24/2006 11:30:24 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: interaction of polls and public opinion
>
> On 10/25/06, Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I suppose there's no point in asking what my unsupported assertion is,
if
> > essentially you're saying you're right and I'm wrong. I hardly agree
with
> > Tweedledee and Tweedledum given that I think words have to be defined
> > before being used.
> >
>
> The unsupported assertion is the bit that reads,
>
> "I would think once 'theory' is appended, the concept is no longer a
> meme; it moves into the realm of science, and in fact evolution is
> embraced by all scientists.
> Likewise the Big Bang. Saddam's keeping WMD is a meme, i.e., an
> unsupported allegation that began as an effort to manipulate public
opinion
> and then lived on as fact until disproved."
>
> You quite properly own the suggestion by saying "I would think."
> Support requires appeal to other sources. The only other source you
> mention is Miriam Webster, which provides a definition perfectly
> consistent with my usage, which is, thus, supported where yours is
> not.
>
> QED
>
> John
>
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