MERRY CHRISTMAS . . .

you forgot a belated H A P P Y D I W A L I and H A P P Y E I D


oh and what about the Druids Winter Solstice - I'm sure they need 'happying' to

It is commonplace that most lost thread concepts are not defined by isolated sentences of natural languages but rather as parts of theories, and the acceptance of the theory is determined by its fit to a large collection of phenomena. It is proposed a similar method for explicating mental and other common sense concepts, but a certain phenomenon plays a more important role than with scientific theories: the concept is meaningful only in the theory, and cannot be defined with more precision than the theory permits.

The notion of one theory approximating another needs to be formalized. One can think of various kinds of probabilistic approximation. I think this kind of approximation is untypical and misleading and won't help explicate such concepts as intentional action as meaningful in approximate theories. Instead it may go something like this:

Consider a detailed theory T that has a state variable s. We may imagine that s changes with time. The approximating theory has a state variable. There is a predicate whose truth means that is applicable when the world is in state s. There is a relation which asserts that corresponds to the state we have.

Therefore, I ask again; Where is the reference to:


Happy Wepet-renpet

'Opening of the Year'. Mesut-Ra 'birth of Ra' - Coptic Mesori. Of Osiris, Horus, Seth, Isis and Nephthys.

I like Diwali.
Festival of lights.
Brightest desserts I've ever seen.
Too sweet for me.
But bright.

It is a genuine gratification to me to think that i may have offended anyone by failing to mention their pet holiday . . . my thanks to all . . .

Every holiday season needs a Militant Iconoclast.

Archtypes of the World, Unite!

And as mellow new year to all.

And a Merrily Christmoose to your good self, Setanta

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Yeah, I'm offended! It's bloody November and nowhere near The Event!

Next thing, you're gonna start whistling various Holiday tunes, right?

"Uh, Brother Miller, do you really think this is the right time for Ave Maria?"

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

And a merry bloody christmas to you too Set.




You gert lug.

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I take a back seat to noone in despising proselytising religionists such as yourself, but today I'm in the mood for tolerance and forgiveness. Season's Greetings to you too, Set.

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Don't hold yer breath . . .

Please put a penny in the old man's hat.