> I heard somewhere: He who is ignorant of History is doomed to repeat > it. I've heard, attributed to Newton, "If I have seen further than > other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants." > Existing computer designs are built on ideas of mathematical logic and > mathematical rules of arithmetic. Are you proposing abandoning these? > If not, what is the stuff you keep, and how do you decide without > studying it? I think I am quite capable of understanding your > position: You are a debater, not a thinker; a sophist, not a > philosophist. But, where there is life there is hope. You may, I hope, > outgrow your current rhetorical position. > > Concerning evolution, so far as I am aware, modern biologic thinking > does not make much distinction between forward and backward. Species > arise through mutation and fall into extinction via mechanisms not > well understoodl movement toward greater complexity, but 'progress' is sort of > a dirty word, i.e. not used in polite company. > > -- > Paul E Condon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Logic and reason about time for this thread to end. Hoyt
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