Re: virus: New Ideas

Tony Hindle (t.hindle@joney.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 25 May 1997 05:27:32 +0100


In message <3.0.1.32.19970524214926.006b8e94@kpt1.tricon.net>, "John
\"Dry-Roasted Army Worm\" Williams" <prefect@tricon.net> writes
>
>Do you think that all of those who believe in some sort of mythology
>believe every yahoo that comes along?

If you believe in some things purely by faith how do you decide
which yahoos to have faith in and which ones not to? (remember, your
faith will be a yahoo to some faiths you reject.)

>No; we believe those who, by their
>arguments and how much they adhere to our home-memes, we are lead to trust.
>Do understand how gravity can affect time? Hell no, I can't even begin to
>explain the concept. But I believe it does, because Hawking says so, and
>Hawking has a great deal of credibility among many other people who ought
>to know.
>
>That's *faith*.

Its not my definition of faith. This discussion would be easier
if you spelled out a statement that you have faith in.
BTW, I have read Hawkin's theory and I dont believe it, in fact
it is full of holes anyone who has read it will know what I mean.

Tony Hindle.
"...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity,
the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is
possible for one side to be simply wrong." --Richard Dawkins