What Phil may, or may not...

John W. Burgeson (burgy@compuserve.com)
Wed, 26 Feb 1997 14:18:55 -0500

Glenn wrote as follows: "I think that Phil really might believe this. Note
the hyperbole in the following:

"The Behe argument is...>>

As in all spoken communications, at least six versions must exist:

1. What Johnson thought he said
2. What Johnson actually said
3. What Johnson would say if he wrote it out for publication
4. What Joel heard Johnson say
5. What I heard Johnson say
6. What Johnson actually meant by what he said

and what you do is add a seventh, your version of what he said, based on
his prior writings.

ACtually, the six/seven above are not an exhaustive set, but you get the
idea.

My notes here are pretty clear. They read -- in total -- as follows
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1997--last year of the debate. ASA convention in Aug will be the last.
TE objections fading.
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That does not make them "right," of course.

Joel pointed out that this part of the discussion is over an
inconsequential point, and I agree.

Burgy