Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-kirk!williams From: williams@kirk.DEC (John Williams 223-3402) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: The other side of the EGO coin Message-ID: <3315@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 16:31:25 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3315 Posted: Fri Jul 26 16:31:25 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 28-Jul-85 09:25:29 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 12 Lesson number one. There are natural laws, and there are artificial laws. The difference is the degree of freedom with which we have to change them. In order to maintain a stable evolutionary growth, artificial laws should coincide with natural laws analogously. So, freedom implies your ability to make mistakes. If you think that you do not possess free will, you are most likely overestimating yourself. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) ( continue smiley faces until nausea ) John.