Re: Analytical truth redefined so that Quine can understand that bachelors are unmarried

Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> writes:

On 03/21/2024 04:20 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:

Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> writes:
[...]

(Some have that "life must be carbon-based because
only carbon-rings make sequences with enough
information", but, "live rust", steam vents, and so on.)

[...]
>
What is "live rust"?  The only references I can find are to the 1979
album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse.

>
It's when you have a new shovel,
and you're digging some fence posts,
and there's a lot of iron in the soil,
rusty live old iron and live rust.
>
Anyways the next day the shovel's covered with rust.

Yes, iron oxidizes.

[snip]

They don't have anything for live rust,
but if you scrape yourself up on old barb wire fence,
it's maybe not a bad idea to get a tetanus shot.

Quoting Wikipedia, "Although rust itself does not cause tetanus, objects
that accumulate rust are often found outdoors or in places that harbor
anaerobic bacteria."

[...]

Otherwise I've looked into "live rust" before
and there's not much about it.  For example,
on Google, this thread isn't there.

Because Google Groups recently stopped archiving Usenet posts.

Yet, it's definitely a thing.

If it were a thing, it would not be relevant to any of the newsgroups
we're posting on.  You seemed to be implying that it's some previously
unacknowledged category of life, which would be fascinating *if* it were
true.

[...]

About "Live Rust", one imagines it's a play on
words as, "live music", while, where did they get it?
That album and its music has had great revival several
times, and has greatly influenced generations of listeners.

It was a live performance recorded during the "Rust Never Sleeps" tour.
Nothing to do with whatever you're talking about.

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