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The Great Debate....to DDB

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Fri Nov 29 22:25:32 PST 2002

"David Rodemaker" <dar at horusinc.com> writes:

> > >Very mildly.  But they're still encouraging people to believe things
> > >on faith rather than evidence, for example, and that's bad.  People do
> > >far to little thinking.
> > >
> > >*****************************************************************
> > *********************
> > >
> > >Clarify this for me please, are you saying that those that follow a
> > >religion don't think?
> >
> > Let's not say everyone.  Let us speak of someone who says, "I believe.  I
> > believe purely on faith."  Now, would you say that this person, on this
> > subject, is thinking?
> 
> Any type of mathematics beyond the measurement of discrete objects that can
> be physically manipulated and observed at the time of 'belief'.

I can't parse this sentence, sorry.  

But I'll point out that "measurement of discrete objects" isn't
mathematics in the first place.
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