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From: connelly@labrys.enet.dec.com (Conal Sharim Moonraven)
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Subject: Re: more on what religious states are for
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Date: 25 Feb 91 22:25:42 GMT
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In article <5354@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, minsky@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU
(Marvin Minsky) writes...

>Be careful not to confuse reason with rhetoric.  The fact that some
>nobel prize winners 'see' no conflict doesn't mean that there isn't
>any. Maybe they might have accomplished even more.

Or less.;-)  Who can say?  Also, sometimes it's better to hold onto a
certain level of conflict rather than attempt a brute force resolution,
especially when there are plenty of unknowns on both sides.  There may
even be some "creative tension" engendered that pushes one on to further
discovery.

								- csm


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