[Foundation-l] Astonished by the so-called principle of least astonishment

Fred Bauder fredbaud at fairpoint.net
Wed Aug 17 18:05:30 UTC 2011


> B) Is there a philosopher aboard the plane ? Did-it not occur to
> anybody in the board that astonishment and knowledge are synonymous ?
> If you are against astonishment, you are against knowledge. Learning
> is about being astonished.

I do not have to personally view "santorum", mixed lubricant and fecal
matter, either personally or in an image to understand the subject
thoroughly. Neither do you.

There are exceptions of course, but there has to be more than mere
nastiness.

Fred




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