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echo: philos
to: MR. RIGOR
from: MARK BLOSS
date: 1998-02-09 11:51:00
subject: `Existence Exists`

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>Mr. Rigor wrote to Mark Bloss about "Existence Exists"
 MR> The idea that "we come closer to perfection" seems to presuppose that
 MR> "perfection" exists.  If one does not already believe in the existence
 MR> of "perfection", then one would (should?) presumably not make
 MR> statements about "coming closer" to it. 
 MR> I know that gukynopt exists, because I come closer to gukynopt.
 MR> Mr. Rigor
 Hello Mr. Rigor.  
 
 I also know gukynopt exists.  Welcome to Gukynopturous.
 
 How is it that one knows not that perfection is a "real thing"?  Cannot
 one build a wall precisely parallel to the direction of gravity?  Can
 one not precisely spell a word?  Can one misssspell a word incorrectly?
 Is a perfect square not discernible?  Is a skewed square not obvious?
 Why bother using a square to prevent mistakes while making a dresser,
 or to prevent a mishapen drawer?  Why use a plumb-bob?  Why use a level?
 Why measure _anything_?  if perfection is a fiction.  Why all the 
 complex mathematics to program a space-craft on its way to the moon?
 Wouldn't chance offer better chances then, if it were not for perfection?
 
 
... Why are there 5 syllables in the word "monosyllabic"?
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