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  1. Xref: sparky alt.postmodern:2726 alt.cyberpunk:5867 talk.politics.theory:4957 alt.society.anarchy:739
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!caen!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!pkokkone
  3. From: pkokkone@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Pellervo Kokkonen)
  4. Newsgroups: alt.postmodern,alt.cyberpunk,talk.politics.theory,alt.society.anarchy
  5. Subject: Re: Singularity (Gordon's idea)
  6. Date: 17 Nov 1992 22:09:52 GMT
  7. Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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  9. Message-ID: <1ebqjgINN886@uwm.edu>
  10. References: <mXPauB5w165w@korova.freeside.com> <cvoidis.722029885@yorku.ca> <BxvnAF.5HE@apollo.hp.com>
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  13. In article <BxvnAF.5HE@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
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  15. >  Let's suppose a painting contains a great truth.  How do you
  16. >  tell?
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  18.     Painting is a non-linguistic act of communication. It can
  19.     be true without you _telling_ anything.
  20.  
  21.     I think the same applies to religious experience. You do 
  22.     not expect an explanation from a physicist to believe.
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  24.     Pell
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