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Dear Minutus Group,

I was getting back to my research, and happened to find the following
interesting quotation that I would like to share. It is about architecture,
but its message is universal and I think applies quite strongly to
homeopathic issues.

"Pluralism is the principled cultivation of a sustained conversation among
individuals with widely differing perspectives on the natural and human-made
worlds. Pluralism keeps alive the ongoing search for truth and understanding
by focusing inquiry on common problems encountered in experience...
Pluralism sustains the ecology of culture, maintaining a gene pool of
diverse ideas and methods that enables us to avoid entrapment in dogma by
forcing our attention to features of the world that might otherwise be
ignored by doctrines that are conceived too narrowly - as it seems all
doctrines eventually prove to be."

(Design theorists, Victor Margolin and Richard Buchanan.)

And we know what happens to an inbred gene pool that meets an evolutionary
dead end.

Warmly,
Anna

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Ching Yee
on 7/3/04 8:52 pm, Anna de Burgo at annadeburgo@hotmail.com wrote:

Hi Anna,

I think this is a very nice quote and an excellent point. But could I also
point out that "pluralism" is not the same as "homogenaeity" -- this asks us
to *share* ideas, not to all adopt the same ideas.

So that brings me back to, "Homeopathy is homeopathy; homotoxicology is
homotoxicology; drainage with remedies is drainage with remedies...". Best
way IMO to main "pluralism" for our thinking, is to let each keep its
identity, and cultivate respect for each other and curiosity about diverse
methods.

Shannon
on 3/7/04 6:52 AM, Anna de Burgo at annadeburgo@hotmail.com wrote: