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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: what is love?
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Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 01:04:05 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 12 01:04:05 1985
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> > The Polymath
> > (Jerry Hollombe):
> > The misuse of the word "love" has probably caused almost as much  grief  in
> > the world as the belief in telepathy.
> > 
> Ummm, I'll agree that love is an abused word, but telepathy does exist, I have
> experienced it, and I have no way to prove that to you.  Please refrain from
> such disparaging remarks in this forum.  I'll see you in net.sci or net.psi,
> or respond by mail.  Just because YOU have not experienced telepathy, and it
> doesn't exist in YOUR world, does not mean it does not exist.
> 				Sunny
> -- 
> {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4}!sun!sunny

Whether telepathy exists or not isn't the issue here; I think what Jeff
means is that there is a problem some people have with ASSUMING that
other people know what they're thinking.  I believe that this issue
came up in net.singles a while back in a discussion of interpersonal
communications.  And I happen to agree with Jeff; many people do
behave as if some reliable and always-present form of telepathy
existed, and that they need spend little or no effort at communicating
verbally or otherwise, especially with SO's (when it's actually the
other way around).  ``Belief in telepathy'' is a rather succinct
way of putting this--just like saying that someone's style of driving
indicates a strong belief in the hereafter.

		-Ed Hall
		decvax!randvax!edhall