Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:41:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> To: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <20020904153701.X13440-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <200209041238.g84Ccm183246@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
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On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Dave Hayes wrote: > >> The problem with analogies is that sometimes they prove too much. Have > >> you ever met the Programmer? > > There's a programmer? 8-). > > Yeah there is. Er, but you have to be able to stop the dream and look > behind the curtain to see the Being. ;) I would argue that its not necessary to look behind the curtain if it were impossible to be dreaming in the first place without the the existence of such a Being. 8-) > >> Yes, but this is all beside the point. It is purely descriptive. > >> To what ends *should* society be seeking? > > > > IMO? The advancement of human knowledge. > > Noble, but how do you know this isn't misguided? Sometimes it is, but then you would have to have some objective standards. 8-) > > Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. > Nice! Neal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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