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To: narby

#####My daughter takes classes on Music Theory, and somehow I don't think there's any question about the fact that music exists.#####


I think it's simply taken as a given that music exists. I was unaware that there was any controversy over that matter.

Are you telling me that it's simply understood that evolution is correct, and there is no controversy on that matter?


446 posted on 11/29/2004 12:04:38 PM PST by puroresu
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To: puroresu
but nature often 'solves' problems several different ways, and makes irrational choices between alternatives, at least viewed from the standpoint of function.

Narby thinks he's being clever. When he first tried this trick, he was unaware that the word "theory" had more than one definition. It was brought to his attention that theory meant one thing in relation to music and quite another in relation to pseudo-science, but he is either a very slow learner or doesn't care about the truth. Take your pick.

Theory, in the case of music, means
2. A set of rules or principles designed for the study or practice of an art or discipline.

Theory, in the case of evolution, means,
4. An assumption or guess.

451 posted on 11/29/2004 12:11:26 PM PST by Dataman
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