tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post6328489124491591787..comments2024-03-02T02:26:00.928-05:00Comments on bleakonomy: Ontologically cute!tetracontadigonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604381739383227553noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-80293594551687304452009-11-28T18:10:18.723-05:002009-11-28T18:10:18.723-05:00Doesn't it seem, though, that the flaw is not ...Doesn't it seem, though, that the flaw is not in the first statement but in the proverbial weakness of the flesh? If fantasy is better than reality, politicians should know better than to actually drop their pants, else be both disappointed and discovered. If we know the imagined mac-n-cheese is better but still eat an extant meal of pasta tubes and cheese sauce, we are weak and foolish for insisting on the experiential; but the argument is not less true. So can't we argue that the ontology is true but that humans are dumb?<br />Maybe? Thanks for the link. Good clean intellectual fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com