Are we what we seem to be(philosophy)

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J. Michael McGill wrote:

> 

> BRIDEAN

> >In case you don't know, the "Mean value theory" says that for any

> >function f, which is continuous and differentiable on the interval (a,b)

> >there exists a number c such that f'(c) = (f(a) - f(b))/(a-b).  This

> >theory can be PROVED and you can look the proof for this up in any

> >freshman level calculus book.

> 

> DICK JONES

> You're a fool. No theory can be proved or it wouldn't

> be a theory, but a fact. Your statement is false, of

> course, since this "proof" cannot be found in ALL

> freshmen level calculus books.

>


JAMES M. BREITHAUPT
    The mean value theorem (not theory) is the central underpinning to
understanding differential calculus and is included in all texts that
claim to be introductory calculus.  Jones shows what a truly ignorant
fool he really is here.  The trouble with a fool and a liar is that they
are totally undependable for anything except lies.  Jones is an
incipient pathological liar and he will meet the fate of such.  I have
known 3 such people in my lifetime and the same thing happened to each
one.  The day came when each could no longer distinguish fact from
fiction.  They completely lost their ability to evaluate their reality. 
Fact and fiction became the same thing somehow and they were truly
miserable people.  I say "were" because 2 of them are dead and the third
lives in some sort of twilight zone of dementia.  I took a severe
dislike to Jones because in all his blather I see that which reminds me
of the 3 people I refer to.  I notice that he is doing the "wolf in a
trap" act for the benefit of some members.  You had better not trust him
because it will cost you.    

> MCGILL

> Is he a fool, or is he BEING a fool? Is that the real person or is that a

> trmporary state of being? Is there a difference between what you ARE, and

> what you are being? Remember you said the truth never changes. We are

> able to be a fool or be this or be that, but does that mean we really ARE

> those things? Is he a fool or is he putting on an act, playing a role, a

> temporary state?

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