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Pythia
Yes, Pythia is a wonderful name and as you say, very suitable.
I don't normally give definitions because I don't normally argue. And I don't normally argue because I don't normally make claims. It is hard to describe to you what I do and that is why Pythia is such a good name. I mean can you imagine the Oracle arguing?
Perhaps if I say, I try to say something interesting and amusing but which comes from my centre. And then I wait for your reply.
An argument doesn't seem to come from my centre. An argument seems to come from my head. And of course we want to win or loose an argument.
An argument seems to me to be a way of avoiding my centre.
I know the form of argumentation is common and even normal here, but I am glad I avoid arguments most of the time.
Of course when I make a post from my centre, I hope for a reply from the centre. And when I get a reply off centre in the form of an argument, I feel the point of my post has been missed.
However I see through a glass darkly, and I can make out your lineaments, and I like what I see.
Victor.
I am afraid your definitions of the above terms are somewhat different from what one would usually think them to mean. But if we agree on these definitions, we can also agree on most of your claims.
I believe more than ever that my candidate for your new username is very suitable.
Yes, Pythia is a wonderful name and as you say, very suitable.
I don't normally give definitions because I don't normally argue. And I don't normally argue because I don't normally make claims. It is hard to describe to you what I do and that is why Pythia is such a good name. I mean can you imagine the Oracle arguing?
Perhaps if I say, I try to say something interesting and amusing but which comes from my centre. And then I wait for your reply.
An argument doesn't seem to come from my centre. An argument seems to come from my head. And of course we want to win or loose an argument.
An argument seems to me to be a way of avoiding my centre.
I know the form of argumentation is common and even normal here, but I am glad I avoid arguments most of the time.
Of course when I make a post from my centre, I hope for a reply from the centre. And when I get a reply off centre in the form of an argument, I feel the point of my post has been missed.
However I see through a glass darkly, and I can make out your lineaments, and I like what I see.
Victor.