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- From: rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla)
- Subject: Re: Life begins at ...
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:58:52 GMT
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- In article <1k922dINN80a@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
- >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.
- Oh relax, both of you.
- Ray, Frank's right that you can attribute what one learns to
- prior uniqueness.
- Frank, you aren't going to be able to prove that individual uniqueness
- predates learning, because we all have a period of several years in
- which we receive all sorts of stimulation that is to a great extent unaffected
- by any uniqueness we might have.
- -Ekr
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