Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 19:09:23 +0000 (GMT) From: Mr M P Searle <csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RMS's view on dynamic linking Message-ID: <8785.199702231909@figroll.csv.warwick.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <199702231828.LAA06486@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Feb 23, 97 11:28:24 am
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> > > That's not to say that human behavior cannot be categorized - you do > > have all your basic fear response, sex drive, and pack instinct > > indices to rely on when you're trying to predict things such as > > whether one group is likely to jump on another anytime soon, and > > they're generally not far wrong. Where it falls down as a science is > > in basically the same place that political science breaks down - on > > the smaller (and I daresay more practical) scale where the brownian > > motion of individual human quirks is too great an influence on events > > to allow a linear set of rules to operate reliably. In other words, > > you just have to pick a basic direction and roll with the random > > punches as they come from all conceivable directions. > > Someone I respect very much once said "God does not play dice with the > universe". I think the reply to that was 'Einstein, stop telling God what to do'... :)
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