From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2025-02-21, Richmond  wrote:   
      
   >> In related news, why wonder in public about a deceased   
   >> author's motives that one considers unfathomable?   
   >   
   > To find out what other people think about it.   
      
   I think the author's motives are meta info irrelevant to   
   what the content of their writing might accomplishes under   
   receptive pondering conditions.   
      
   > What is the purpose of usenet?   
      
   To practice typing.   
      
   >> That line of questioning seems akin to needing to know   
   >> why the sun rises as precondition for benefitting from it.   
   >   
   > No. I am genuinely curious about the solar   
   > system. Curiousity is a motive all on its own, without   
   > requiring any other benefits.   
      
   Maybe. Sometimes. Other times it's a focus distraction.   
      
   Still other times it precedes - if not precipitates -   
   cat death.   
      
   --   
   Oh, for the love of signature silliness....   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)