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Subject: Hit and run
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Date: Fri, 10-May-85 14:34:30 EDT
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Sigh.  Rich Rosen (my buddy from NJ) says: "We know there are both ants and
humans.  We don't know that there is a god.  Except through assumption.  Must
this point be repeated ad infinitum?"

I would like Rich to prove that there are ants and humans.  

WITHOUT ANY ASSUMPTIONS!  You know, the things those silly Christians use
to talk about God.

Does Unix fry your brains Rich?  Try some VMS.  Try, gasp, reason.  Try any
philosophy text written in the last 100 years.  EVERYTHING, it seems, must
begin from assumptions.  Math, science, breakfast.  If they taste good then
we say they are good assumptions, as opposed to those that don't.

Didn't they have any philosophy courses in tech school?  I guess not.
Next you'll be telling us philosophy has nothing to do with 'science'.

How does it feel to be a 19th century man in the 20th century?

You are not alone of course.  There are some of your fellow time travellers
on net.origins too.

Keep chargin'

Ken Arndt