Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site randvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!randvax!edhall From: edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: what is love? Message-ID: <2249@randvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 01:04:05 EST Article-I.D.: randvax.2249 Posted: Sat Jan 12 01:04:05 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 04:02:31 EST References: <177@ttidcc.UUCP> <1920@sun.uucp> Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica Lines: 28 > > 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