With Tim Skirvin's announcement that he'll step
down as moderator, it may be that HPO has run
its course. Further, despite my reasonable
state of health for an old guy, it is becoming
less and less plausible that I'll be posting
much or anywhere in the future. So, while there
is still time, this is a personal thank you to
all the varied and wonderful characters that
have inhabited this forum. You have all
enriched my intellectual life.
Permit me a short reminiscence, please: I first
came aboard when the Speichers, Bob Kolker,
Chris Cathcart, Fred Weiss, Ken Gardener, Jim
Klein and Gordon Sollars were perhaps the most
prevalent posters. I soon became embroiled with
the latter and while thoroughly rejecting his
Popperism I still have great respect for his
abilities, almost always gentlemanly demeanor
and above all a great sense of humor.
But even funnier are his epistemological views. :-)
Seriously tho, and humour is a serious business,
the funniest person on HPO, by far, was Charles
Novins!
Later, I became aware of and interacted with the
three Marks, (Young, Nordberg and Sieving)
Arnold de Broese, James Prescott, Agent Cooper,
Malenor, Charles Novins, Dave Odden, Don
Watkins, Bill Buchner, Puppet Sock, Potroast,
Charles Bell and others. I learned something of
value from all of you. But of all the posters, I
learned the most, as so many of us who care to
admit it have, from Jim Klein.
But the person from whom I perhaps learned the
most, never posted here. Instead her bright lite
still shines and serves as inspiration for fora
such as this. Thank you Ayn Rand.
Vonvegas
