[lit-ideas] Re: Faith
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 00:21:52 -0400
I had asked Eric Yost how he would determine 'solid content' (Eric's
words) without, at some point, doing a headcount. In response, Eric
points out cases where mere headcount doesn't determine truth or
quality. Of course, this isn't a response to my question since it
doesn't get us anywhere close to determining what 'solid content' might
be. I will try again.
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So will I. Phil posited that the number of fundamentalists somehow meant
that the viewpoint had respectability as a result of sheer numbers.
I replied that "popularity is one thing, solid content another." Phil
then asked, "How do you suppose one determines 'solid content' without,
at some point,doing a headcount?"
My response--that it depended upon WHO was counted as well as WHEN they
were counted--was unsatisfactory to Phil. However it does seem to answer
the question...at least as it was intended in the context of our
exchange. If Phil then wishes to go off on a tangent, that's fine too.
If most people prefer Danielle Steele to James Joyce does that mean
Danielle Steele is a better writer than James Joyce?
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