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Subject: Re: science, lawfulness, a (the?) god (V8 #61)
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Subject: Re: science, lawfulness, a (the?) god (V8 #61)
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 88 06:39 EDT
From: "Gordon Joly, Statistics, UCL" <gordon%stats.ucl.ac.uk@ESS.Cs.Ucl.AC.UK>


> From: <YLIKOSKI%FINFUN.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> I would say that a God needs not be unlawful.  A counterexample of
> some kind could be a line by Einstein: I think he said that the
> regularity of the structure of the universe reflects an intellect.  (I
> cannot remember the exact form of the quotation, but I think the idea
> was this.)
> --- Andy

If I may be permitted to attempt a second approximation, Einstein said:
"What really interests me, is the question of whether God had a *choice*
in the design of the universe". I guess this encompasses all "things",
including the human mind, no doubt.

Gordon Joly.