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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: Created Yesterday
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Date: Tue, 21-May-85 10:38:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 21 10:38:31 1985
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["Those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact." --H. Jackson]

> > John Williams, 
> > 	Can you prove to anybody that you were not created yesterday at
> > 12:01 along with the rest of the universe, fossil records, your so-called
> > "memories" and everything else? ...
> >  			                                Rick
> 
> Of course, there's this guy called Occam who has this great talking
> electric shaver that says:  given two scenarios, start with the one with the
> fewest assumptions.

Rick was talking about proof, not assumptions. (Can one prove anything
about what already exists?)

I really shouldn't be taking part in this discussion.  I shan't be created
till some time next week. ...
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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