Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!not-for-mail From: Neil Franklin Newsgroups: alt.out-of-body Subject: Sacred Cows, Pigs (was Re: WAY OT..) Date: 23 Mar 2000 20:49:50 +0100 Organization: My own Private Self Lines: 19 Message-ID: <6u4s9xh3fl.fsf_-_@chonsp.franklin.ch> References: <8aov6l$9j6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8at7v7$bse$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8816A008F9F9E64A.7C078C4631884392.B4118288850CADD7@lp.airnews.net> <8auptd$2la$2@news8.svr.pol.co.uk> <76414EB255C15210.7628F6E7120022D5.907936B1DF88BD0C@lp.airnews.net> <38D845C3.69234919@privatei.com> <38d863f7_1@news9.calweb.com> <38ddfdaf.91321674@cnews.newsguy.com> <38d9992a_1@news3.calweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: chonsp.franklin.ch X-Trace: chonsp.franklin.ch 953840993 373 10.0.3.2 (23 Mar 2000 19:49:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@chonsp.franklin.ch NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Mar 2000 19:49:53 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.4 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.out-of-body:36235 John M Price PhD writes: > In alt.out-of-body article PZ Myers wrote: > > : It doesn't matter whether your cousins are your competitors or not, or > : have a different diet -- it's simply a question that exhibits a gross > : logical failure. > > It may, however, play a part in cultural evolution. See for instance, the > ideas in 'Sacred Cows and the Abominable Pig' (IIRTTC). May that be "Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches" from Marvin Harris? -- Neil Franklin, neil@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/ Nerd, Geek, Hacker, Unix Guru, Sysadmin, Roleplayer, LARPer, Mystic Use a WIMP (Windows Icons Mouse Pulldowns) interface - or get one with a CLUE (Command Linue User Environment)? ###### Message-ID: <38daf5eb_1@news3.calweb.com> From: John M Price PhD Subject: Re: Sacred Cows, Pigs (was Re: WAY OT..) Newsgroups: alt.out-of-body References: <8aov6l$9j6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8auptd$2la$2@news8.svr.pol.co.uk> <76414EB255C15210.7628F6E7120022D5.907936B1DF88BD0C@lp.airnews.net> <38D845C3.69234919@privatei.com> <38d863f7_1@news9.calweb.com> <38ddfdaf.91321674@cnews.newsguy.com> <38d9992a_1@news3.calweb.com> <6u4s9xh3fl.fsf_-_@chonsp.franklin.ch> Organization: his very own desk! X-Connection: C-Ker-mit 5A(191) 32 bit for OS/2 (usually) X-Operating-System: OS/2 - Warped of course. X-Clamation: Whoa, dogs! X-Hale: only. X-PGP-Key: ftp://ftp.calweb.com/users/j/jmprice/pgp-key-john-m-price User-Agent: tin/1.4.1-19991201 ("Polish") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/3.4-STABLE (i386)) NNTP-Posting-Host: web1.calweb.com X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: web1.calweb.com Date: 23 Mar 2000 20:58:20 -0800 X-Trace: 23 Mar 2000 20:58:20 -0800, web1.calweb.com Lines: 44 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: news.calweb.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newspeer1.nac.net!news-xfer.siscom.net!calwebnntp!calwebnnrp!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.out-of-body:36271 In alt.out-of-body article <6u4s9xh3fl.fsf_-_@chonsp.franklin.ch> Neil Franklin wrote: : John M Price PhD writes: :> In alt.out-of-body article PZ Myers wrote: :> :> : It doesn't matter whether your cousins are your competitors or not, or :> : have a different diet -- it's simply a question that exhibits a gross :> : logical failure. :> :> It may, however, play a part in cultural evolution. See for instance, the :> ideas in 'Sacred Cows and the Abominable Pig' (IIRTTC). : May that be "Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches" from Marvin Harris? Same guy, different book: 1. Harris, Marvin, 1927- The sacred cow and the abominable pig : riddles of food and culture / Marvin Harris. 1st Touchstone ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1987, c1985. Series title: A Touchstone book. -- John M. Price, PhD jmprice@calweb.com Life: Chemistry, but with feeling! | PGP Key on request or FTP! Email responses to my Usenet articles will be posted at my discretion. Comoderator: sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated Atheist# 683 Syndicate Section III - Number 1 Tertullian was born in Carthage somewhere about 160 A.D. He was a pagan, and he abandoned himself to the lascivious life of his city until about his 35th year, when he became a Christian .... To him is ascribed the sublime confession: Credo quia absurdum est (I believe because it is absurd). This does not altogether accord with historical fact, for he merely said: "And the Son of God died, which is immediately credible because it is absurd. And buried he rose again, which is certain because it is impossible." Thanks to the acuteness of his mind, he saw through the poverty of philosophical and Gnostic knowledge, and contemptuously rejected it. - C. G. Jung, in Psychological Types