Re: [s-d] [s-b] It's Thumping Time!

[Alex Smith <ais523@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 18:39 +0000, Charles Walker wrote:
> Hmmm... I'll get back to you on that one.
> 
> *Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule
> to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases
> where it does not fit, is pedantry... To apply a rule with natural ease,
> with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting
> the words of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the opportunities
> of the situation, is mastery.*
> âGeorge PÃlya

And to apply a rule based on what it says, to gain an advantage where
everyone thought it said what it meant, is Nomic.

-- 
ais523

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