On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 06:25:17PM -0600, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > 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 >
Yes. Or is that a beginning? -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
