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- From: danwell@IASTATE.EDU (Daniel A Ashlock)
- Subject: Lionel Asserts...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.100017@IASTATE.EDU>
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- References: <1992Dec20.003729.10684@aurora.com> <20DEC199214091069@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu> <1992Dec20.223129.25238@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <1992Dec22.122611.21699@city.cs>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:00:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.122611.21699@city.cs>, lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
- writes:
- > esot@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Sotnak) writes:
- > >Mr. Tun has made the mistake of claiming that since the
- > >(antecedent) probability of life existing (or having come into existence) is
- > >so low, supernatural agency must be involved. Another mistake in judgment.
- >
- > I would not have said low, but rather zero - ie impossible. The
- > mistake is in assuming that if there are enough `tries' then
- > something that is impossible becomes possible.
-
- Why is it impossible? Because you don't want it to be possible?
- Or have you got some reasoning or evidence this time? I hope
- not. I'm not prepared to have hell freeze over.
-
- Dan
- Danwell@IASTATE.EDU
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