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Paul, I often realize, albeit too late, that i should read further down the posts beforree my predisposition tto speak vvs listen is allowed to assert itself. I am not sure whether iam overly optimistic tthat there is another and equally if not more promising persective on meidcal theory or i aam entertainend by the similaariies to Suess-like vocabbulary of the late Pprofessor Edwin Corey's from the Steve Allen show i am hopeeful theree migght emerge enlightenment of laborratory appliccation from the numercal incantations which might be moree effectuall than thee practicce of conventional western medicine. They are not moving all thaat swifrly on their own. If the abovve ssounds supportivve of the quotient quoting guru it is by way of despaaration, otherwise my tentt is pitched with you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Lauer" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 7:45 PM Subject: Re: on a causal theory of PD > I believe at the time I defended Jan Abas' theories with the admonition to > the naysayers that whatever works for him is great whether real or imagined. > But to call it or its tenets 'science' and clothe it in an unintelligible > litany of scientific sounding claptrap disguised with and wrapped around > terms which are equated with magic (I had to search google for some of them). > > At first I thought the 'causal theory' thread was someone having fun...but > over time it is becoming clear (hah!) that its proponent is serious about the > theory...or extraordinarily serious about pulling our legs. In the former > case, I would suggest trying to make the point without esoteric formulas and > theorem names. This is a PD list and not a seminar in Gaussian mathematics (I > used that term because it sprang to mind. I'm sure it's not applicable to the > proponent's argument but for me it is equally obscure). I am reasonably > literate. I have a BSCE in Civil Engineering, a license to practice > Professional Engineering in NY and CT, an MBA and I am AbD (academic joke > lingo for a PhD "all but dissertation" meaning really that the PhD was never > completed). I read the New York Times and Wall Street Journal daily. OK, so > not cover to cover but enough to consider myself reasonably well informed as > a result. I am a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College, > The National Defense University Security Management Course, The Army War > College (like getting a PhD in War Management) and a member of the Beta Gamma > Sigma Honor Society. A Million years ago I was a childhood member of Mensa, I > used to play chess with three people simultaneously at Cafe Rienzi in > Greenwich Village until three in the morning and then go play rubber bridge > for three cents a point which in the 1960s was an expensive game. With all > this in my background, I HAVE NOT THE VAGUEST CONCEPT ABOUT WHICH THIS MAN > SPEAKS. > > Paul h. Lauer > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn