Re: Looking for a library databse of books

paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote:

[snip]

>In the short term, optimism is futile. History shows that advanced
>ideas are always promoted by some elite or other. The average person is
>usually not equipped nor prepared to appreciate them which gives an
>opening for any nincompoop who happens to use average language to build
>a following that either misinterprets the idea or resists it. It
>usually takes centuries before the common man appreciates an idea based
>on its merits as opposed to wilfull or unintentional misinterpretations.
>
>This is also why most dictionaries are a failure as far as the average
>person is concerned and why everyday English is not by itself good
>enough to describe abstractions with any definiteness.
>
>The elites would spend their time better advancing their ideas among
>themselves rather than trying to popularize them.

     I do not think so. Some -- most of us, really -- can not come up with these new concepts, but some of us can help get them rolling.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.