Re: Eternal Verities

From: Albert (albertwagner_at_cox.net)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:42:57 -0600

Eray Ozkural exa wrote:
> Albert <albertwagner@cox.net> wrote in message news:<mXnod.91682$%x.53427@okepread04>...
>
>>Lester Zick wrote:
>>
>>>On 21 Nov 2004 18:58:36 -0800, examachine@gmail.com (Eray Ozkural
>>>exa) in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Eray's opinion -
>>>>
>>>>There is something irreducible in you, which is you.
>>>>
>>>>Or
>>>>
>>>>In a mechanical universe, everything including minds is a machine.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for the addendum, Eray. It seems pretty consistent with my own
>>>opinion.
>>
>>There is a big 'Or'. Which option is your own opinion?
>
>
> Both :)

You and Lester should each discover the difference between 'or'
and 'and' in common English usage, which is not to be confused
with formal logic. 

-- 
"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the 
range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally 
impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."
     -- George Orwell as Syme in "1984"

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