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To: jbe who wrote (43085)	7/2/1999 1:38:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 108807

Please be seated so I may instruct you. Do not look directly at the pointer, it is a laser and could damage your eyesight. Thank you... 1) You may claim to have a sense of humor yourself, but you do not seem to recognize it in others. I was "tweaking" you. Although I suppose I could make the argument (as some do) that sloppy grammar is a sign of sloppy thinking. You could make that argument, but it would be sloppy and untrue. 2) I said the theory was "simplistic," not "simple." There is a difference. And if you are invoking "Occam's razor," may I remind you of what Occam actually said: "plurality should not be posited without necessity." Where human behavior is concerned, I would submit, it is necessary to posit "plurality." Personally I threw away my occam's razor some time ago. It was obsolete and I now use only an electric one. 3) I analyze human actions all the time. That is why I am convinced they are generally complex and multi-factored. Humans have a propensity to create the most gawd-awful constructs imaginable when a very simple answer often exists. "Ptolemy's Wheels" come to mind.