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- From: not@mvs.ais.com (N O Tai)
- Subject: Re: Something in us going wrong ...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.001105.26021@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: not@mvs.ais.com (N O Tai)
- Organization: Artificial Intelligence Systems Laboratory
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:11:05 GMT
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- ecsd@well.sf.ca.us (Eric C. S. Dynamic) writes:
- : What about Scott Tai. --- I don't have to guard against
- : falling in love with my own facilities, just how to unleash -
- : I mean, use - them to best advantage. You're a (relative)
- : newcomer, yes, Robin? I darkened the doorstep beginning around
- : October last year - hmm. Scott actually gave me a telephone
- : call, on my voicemail system, his voice, in person, can you
- : believe it? He said - as I recall - happy holidays, or
- : something like Merry Chistmas. Well, well. Merry Christmas, and
- : Happy New Years, and all that. I'm in - what, message (local
- : well number) 5800 out of 61XX to go - so I may bag a whole
- : bunch - but HERE I IS. YES, YES. Let's get back to interesting
- : things. Except for needing to find work (ouch), why, Scarlett,
- : I could devote just as much time as I used to to abusing my
- : favorite people . . . is Franklin still around? He actually
- : turned out to have a brain too . . . apart from Postpischil,
- : all these 'new' Erics are - yes - bland. They sound sort of,
- : uh, - academic. Sorry. That's Obsolete.
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- I hadn't seen ecsd lately, but I have always marveled at his
- lucidity and accuracy of expression. Ah, he's a deep one! He
- has great talent. I'm no judge, of course, but people who do
- know say the same. The most transcendental ideas become
- within my reach when he's writing.
-
- What about Scott Tai? Here on rec.org.mensa he has created
- quite a stir; I've seen a great many altercations. I remained
- here on r.o.m on purpose to find out more. Scott has never
- curried favor with anyone. Many of you consider him a gadfly:
- I don't. If you want to know, we really have something in
- common.
-
- I like to meet young people: one learns new things from them.
- But that proud suppressed enthusiasm in young people is
- dangerous! I quite agree that Scott's behavior at times has
- been reprehensible, but may I beg you to take into account
- that it was a mistake and make allowances for his youth?
- Besides which, he regrets it deeply and entreats your
- forgiveness.
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- Of course, I was very pleased with ecsd's and franklin's
- articles. It shows at last we are beginning to take an
- intelligent and steady view of the matter.
-
- Some have talked enough of Scott's defects, and shown enough
- scorn of him, to make it natural he should doubt himself.
- From a hundred rabbits you can't make a horse, a hundred
- suspicions don't make a proof, as the English proverb says,
- but that's only from the rational point of view -- you
- can't help being partial. In the absence of clear proofs of
- Scott's condition, I deem it best to abstain from noticing
- his curious condition.
-
- But of course you know that in these cases there is always
- some hidden moral and emotional factor. Yes, that goes
- without saying. It is rather indiscreet, but it's so good
- that it's an awful temptation to tell his story...
-
- Scott spoke of something I wanted to tell you myself, so it
- is easy for me to be his mouthpiece. He said that he
- suffers on your account and on his own. You can call it
- egoism if you like, but what a justifiable egoism! But the
- chief thing he desires... he desires that you should not
- suffer.
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- I'll tell you something: Scott's an honest fellow. He's
- been letting off steam! Come, forgive him! He won't do it
- again.
-
- --
- Dr N O Tai -- Artificial Intelligence Systems Laboratory -- not@mvs.ais.com
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- '' Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends:
- they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies. ''
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