Pound's interest in the analogies of creative method with algebra are
instructive.  Algebra, rather than math, provides formulae that language
transform.

R.

-----Original Message-----
From: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine on behalf of Dirk Johnson
Sent: Mon 12/29/2008 1:19 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Pound and Wall Street
 
One who tries to break up a fight often gets hurt in the attempt, but 
I'm breaking a long silence to risk it anyway. I believe there is a 
fundamental miscommunication at the basis of this /ad hominem /dispute 
which keeps spinning farther and farther out of control and is 
disassociated from the actual stances -- re: Ezra Pound, scientific 
inquiry, economics, whatever -- of both of the two contenders, which 
appear to me to be very close together.

I'm not sure about other people on this list, but I might actually learn 
something if this discussion focussed on an attempt by each to 
understand the other rather than on name calling. Is there any way for 
someone to actually understand what either of you means/intends within 
the context of the dispute? Well, I may be a bit slow-minded, but I 
can't follow this.

But, even if I'm completely wrong, I wish peace to you both and a happy 
new year to each of you. From my point of view, anyone who willingly 
reads Ezra Pound is a friend, whether we agree or disagree about what 
we've read or about how to express our thoughts about what we've read.


Alphaville Books wrote:
> <It would help you to avoid making further asinine statements.>
>
> After your initial remark, what mystery is left to be assessed. In the 
> context of that remark you revealed yourself to be asinine despite 
> your "studies" and, all things considered, given its lack of 
> imagination, it was quite a stellar stab at asininity---lololololol.
> Perhaps, if you would accord other people the same consideration you 
> seem to desire for yourself, you could avoid being seen as asinine 
> though I imagine your asininity is not much of a revelation to most. CP
>
>
>
> Richard Seddon wrote:
>> CP
>>
>> Before assessing me you should be at least familiar with me and my 
>> studies.
>>
>> It would help you to avoid making further asinine statements.
>>
>> Rick Seddon
>> Portales, NM
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alphaville Books
>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 12:24 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Pound and Wall Street
>>
>> You obviously have no background in this. Hence, the nervous, 
>> contextless, schoogirlish response. Read Niels Bohr, Paul Feyerabend 
>> , NR Hanson, Aage Petersen among the other thousands who engaged 
>> these things. CP
>>
>> Richard Seddon wrote:
>>  
>>> I quote
>>>
>>> "Planck's constant, special and general relativity and especially 
>>> quantum physics (and later string theory etc.) where all connections 
>>> between macro-logics and physical or sensory experience are severed 
>>> and our entire existence relies on mathematics and conformal, 
>>> predetermined phenomena embodied in discrete formula and systems of 
>>> measurement. Let McLuhan deal with the fringes of the central 
>>> dilemma. Wall Street for all of the debased reasons pointed up by 
>>> Alighieri and reinvigorated by Pound, embraced mathematical models 
>>> to both mask and substantiate their felonious behavior. The 
>>> perceived moral immunity of mathematics played a significant role in 
>>> the looting of the commonweal."
>>>
>>> I then say
>>>
>>> Huh! And then lololololol
>>>
>>> Rick Seddon
>>> Portales, NM
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