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To: Hacksaw

When referring to science and math as "hard", the meaning above was not that they are "difficult to learn", but that they are normative.

The opposite of being "hard" in this sense would be "relative": the hogwash notion that something might be "true for you" but not "true for me."

Don't get me started on THAT one.

14 posted on 05/15/2006 6:53:18 AM PDT by thulldud ("Muslim Community Leaders Warn of Backlash from Tomorrow's Terrorist Attack")

To: thulldud

The opposite of being "hard" in this sense would be "relative": the hogwash notion that something might be "true for you" but not "true for me."

Relativism is okay if it's about science. It's only when we venture into morality or ethics that there are absolutes. See how it works?

18 posted on 05/15/2006 7:05:47 AM PDT by Snidely Whiplash

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