Re: Thinking with Jim and Robbie

No, really, Robbie, a book is literally made up of paper and ink. Or
papyrus. Or chisled stone. And it's nothing more than that, get this...

until someone, somewhere, sometime, reads it :).

Jim

PS When I said a book was a "non-human artifact" I meant that it itself, of
course, was not human. Again, your reading did not match my intent, but I'm
not blaming you for that.

"L. Manning Vines" wrote:

> Jim said to Scottie: "Because books ARE non-human artefacts. A book is a
> bunch of papers piled
> up together with blots of ink on them."
>
> Try telling an archaeologist that a book is a non-human artifact. (A
> non-human artifact, if it's worth pointing out, is an oxymoron.)
>
> And that aside, I am thankful that books are more than paper and ink.
>
> -robbie
>
> P.S. Funny page: http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/postmodern Random
> postmodern essay generator. Click reload.
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