Re: Typology and classification Re: everything else

From: william bright
Message: 595
Date: 2001-11-12

Peter Daniels wrote:

>I, and Michael, have already said that I don't see any reason to. It's
>not interesting. You, and Lars, have been asked for reasons why it would
>be interesting.

this reminds me poignantly of what noam chomsky used to say about many
things (and perhaps still does). when he was asked, for instance, "What
about the findings of anthropology?", he would say, "That's not
interesting."

cheers; bill
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