Re: ATOMISM: Crackpot Theory

Warrl kyree Tale'sedrin (warrl@mail.blarg.net)
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 20:32:28 +0000

> From: Anton Sherwood <dasher@netcom.com>
> Ian Goddard wrote:
> > IAN: The statement A=A tells us nothing.
> > It is meaningless, it is no more meaning-
> > ful than saying "A."
>
> Not meaningless, but it is a trivial truth.

Mathematically it is trivial.

Physically it is equally trivial.

But politically...

A law that requires you to treat people
differently on the basis of race is racist if it tilts in one
direction, but anti-racist if it tilts in another?

Seems like "A=A" is not yet understood in the political arena.


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