Alan,
At 12:05 PM 5/30/2001 -0800, Alan Kay wrote:
I think I would agree here. I think I would change
... The process of evolution created the animals, both their
bodies and their habits ...
to read:
... It is likely that the process of evolution created the
animals, both their bodies and their habits ...
If you were to write an active essay about the heliocentricity of the solar system, would you insert "it is likely" before stating on the introductory page that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice-versa?
-Bob
At 21:47 30.05.2001 , Bob Hartwig wrote:
Alan,
At 12:05 PM 5/30/2001 -0800, Alan Kay wrote:
I think I would agree here. I think I would change
... The process of evolution created the animals, both their
bodies and their habits ...
to read:
... It is likely that the process of evolution created the
animals, both their bodies and their habits ...
If you were to write an active essay about the heliocentricity of the solar system, would you insert "it is likely" before stating on the introductory page that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice-versa?
Well, after viewing "A Private Universe", I'm not so sure anymore ;-)
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Bob,
If you were to write an active essay about the heliocentricity of the
solar
system, would you insert "it is likely" before stating on the introductory page that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice-versa?
For extremely funny linguistic silliness in a similar vein, I refer you to Madrak the non-theist, non-sectarian preacher in Creatures of Light & Darkness by Zelazny.
But hey, perhaps some people need to be constantly reminded that the only statement of empirical reality that can be known with certainty is The Cognito ...
Look, as far as I know, the universe is a role playing game containing just He and I, but since He does such a good job of ... er ... "bringing all the NPCs to life" as it were, I'd just as soon pretend you exist. So far, you pass the Turing Test; well, most of you. ;-)
-Bob
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