Re: Making money from Java


<docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:dnrgnr$5ue$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <IX_nf.256583$ir4.214345@edtnps90>,
> Oliver Wong <owong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>><docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:dnor3i$qqi$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> In article <PsEnf.146354$y_1.67386@edtnps89>,
>>> Oliver Wong <owong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> But either way, whether the electrons in my brain are deterministic
>>>> or
>>>>underministic, it STILL isn't my fault; the electrons in my brain STILL
>>>>made
>>>>me do it!
>>>
>>> Ummmmm... Mr Wong, where does 'me' exist in your statememt?
>>
>> Your question is known to philosophers as the famous "Mind-Body
>>problem".
>
> Actually my question is known to me as the 'Mind-Mind problem'; what you
> wrote is a variant of 'you have to make your mind do (x)' and it is my
> wont to ask where 'you' exists in that statement, as well.

I suppose the question of what is "me" and what isn't is more a matter
of linguistics than philosophy. When you wave your hand in my direction and
say "That, there, is Mr. Wong", you are probably referring to the collection
of matter that makes up my body. So "me" is a convenient pronoun to refer to
this collection of matter.

[snip]

- Oliver


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