Re: Hey Pat
Posted by Har Mary on 6/05/03
Hey Mary, http://members.aol.com/linja/MCSessay.html is what I am thinking of
submitting (though it does not have nearly as many details as the original did).
I was wondering, could you critique it for me?
Best,
pat
On 5/30/03, Mary wrote:
> Pat:
>
> Yes, the old 'explain the universe in no more than one paragraph and give
> examples' approach, eh? We shall stay tuned.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mary
>
> On 5/30/03, Pat wrote:
>> Hey Mary, I contacted some high official of IJT and he said they were looking
>> forward to receiving my essay but then I leared it was too long. So then I
>> re-wrote the whole thing and I am still trying to figure out how to squeeze so
>> much information into a small article lol
>>
>> I'll let you know more as I am updated.
>>
>> And lately my attention has been off MCS and into something more important to
>> me, so I've been quite busy with writing and reading essays and reviews for
>> various other topics. So it will probably be a good 5 or 6 months before it's
>> published (if not IJT then probably in The Atlantic, though the IJT official
> did
>> say he wanted it).
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Pat
>>
>> On 5/28/03, Mary wrote:
>>> Hey Pat:
>>>
>>> What do we know about your article being published? Been accepted?
>>> Scheduled? What's up.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Mary
>>>
>>> On 5/28/03, Pat wrote:
>>>> >ALL living things are
>>>>> effected by toxins.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, everyone knows that. I don't think Mary disagrees either. Simply
>>>> because that is the nature of a toxin (though I think "poison" would be a
>>>> better word to use).
>>>>
>>>> Poisons alter the structure and/ or functioning of cells. "Drunk" is no
>>> more
>>>> than having your brain cells altered by alcohol.
>>>>
>>>> What skeptics meed is solid evidence that poisons are as abundant as some
>>>> claim, and I think Mary was asking you for such evidence.
>>>>
>>>> On the other hand, some substances are poisonous to some while harmless to
>>>> others; but that's a different topic.
>>>>
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