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From: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
Newsgroups: net.origins,net.philosophy,net.religion
Subject: Re: The Bible as National Enquirer
Message-ID: <254@yetti.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 09:48:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: yetti.254
Posted: Thu Sep 12 09:48:52 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Sep-85 14:29:53 EDT
References: <316@pyuxn.UUCP> <1090@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <322@pyuxn.UUCP> <178@gargoyle.UUCP> <1666@pyuxd.UUCP>
Reply-To: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
Organization: York University Computer Science
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Keywords: Hofstadter, Metamagical Themas
Xref: utcs net.origins:2429 net.philosophy:2506 net.religion:7467
Summary: 

In article <1666@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes:
>
>Might I recommend Hofstadter's "World Views in Collision:  Skeptical Inquirer
>vs. National Enquirer", which can be found in his new book "Metamagical Themas"
>(and also in his column of the same name in the Feb. 1982 issue of Scientific
>American)?  ...
>The essay should be required reading for anyone who would presume the veracity
>of wishful thinking beliefs (immediately followed by a viewing of "Monty
>Python's Life of Brian").
>
	I second the motion. The essay is indeed very good, and should
	be made into a required reading in highschools !! (That way,
	we could save a lot of young minds..) 
Oz
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