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- From: frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Life begins at ...
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 16:36:29 GMT
- Organization: Siemens-Nixdorf AG
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- References: <1993Jan24.092455.2849@netcom.com> <nyikos.728071661@milo.math.scarolina.edu> <1993Jan27.075023.3495@netcom.com>
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- In article <1993Jan27.075023.3495@netcom.com> ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer) writes:
- #Anyone who asserts that genes make each person unique is operating in
- #a state of extreme ignorance and/or naivite. To claim that anyone is
- #solely the product of their genes is easily refuted by pointing out
- #that one's knowledge of set theory, quantum physics, or LR(1) parsers
- #is NOT instinctual and is, in fact, learned.
-
- Which in turn is easily refuted by pointing out that some people choose
- to learn about QM while others choose set theory. Sooner or later we reach
- some choice which cannot be attributed to learning, but only to a unique
- individual. Therefore uniqueness is prior to learning, and learning is
- not required for uniqueness.
-
- Do you think Shakespeare learned it all, or had he something to bring to the
- party in the first place?
-
- #Ray Fischer "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth
- #ray@netcom.com than lies." -- Friedrich Nietszsche
-
- Frank O'Dwyer
- odwyer@sse.ie
-