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From: dc@gcm (Dave Caswell)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: The future of AI
Message-ID: <534@white.gcm>
Date: 15 Jun 88 16:45:17 GMT
References: <48.22A3B84F@isishq.UUCP> <4347@killer.UUCP> <672@auvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: dc@white.UUCP (Dave Caswell)
Organization: Greenwich Capital Markets, Greenwich, CT
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In article <672@auvax.UUCP> charlesv@auvax.UUCP (Charles van Duren) writes:

>Allow me to say it. What bullshit. You generalize from insufficient, no,
>non-existent data or experience (a scientific no-no). For many people of
>faith, the search never stops. For many others, the search (and I don't
>mean one limited by the rules of scientific inquiry) _is_ the faith.

I think that the whole thrust of his posting lies in the few lines I quote
above.  Maybe you could explain what the search is for, what you search
with (the tools for your inquiry).  How do you carry the search out?
How is the search helped by not being so limited by the rules of scientific
inquiry?  What is the result of the search, is it knowledge or something
else?

What does "the search is the faith" mean.  I know that you have point to make
but sometimes the narrowness of the crt screen makes discussion difficult.
Elaborating on your point will make things much clearer.  I think that you
are trying to present the alternative to science but you don't quite finish
the explanation.

If you have even more time explain, what is a "person of faith".  People
who aren't "of faith", what are they?  In others words, what is the
opposite?  If I wanted to be a person "of faith" what would I have to
do or not do?  Is it a desirable to be of faith; would the world be a
better place if all of us were people of faith.  If I have misunderstood
and everyone is a person of faith, I apologize not really knowing what
being "of faith" means in this context.  

If I look in my dictionary for faith I see
Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence:
faith in miracles.  And for miracle it says superantural or an act of
God.  And for supernatural it says a miracle.  So you can well belive
that after a definition like that, that some more explanation from you
would be helpful.
			    Thanks.

-- 
Dave Caswell
Greenwich Capital Markets                             uunet!philabs!gcm!dc
If it could mean something, I wouldn't have posted about it! -- Brian Case