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From: blew@waldorf.cc.wwu.edu (Barbara Washburn)
Subject: Re: Reality...???
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Date: 10 Dec 94 20:38:16 GMT
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hlidskialf@ins.infonet.net writes:

>In article <1994Dec3.150403.28300@bradford.ac.uk>, C.D.A.Hellon@bradford.ac.uk (Xian the Desk Lizard) writes:
>>On 3 Dec 1994 07:09:02 GMT, hlidskialf@ins.infonet.net gave us:
>>
>>\ A fool is somebody who can not use the knowledge he has.  A functional
>>\ fool is somebody who is unable to avoid tradegy (or banality) even if
>>\ he has the knowledge of how to do so.

[snip]

>Actually, we are all fools and we are all wise.  It's all a matter of
>degree.

"The life which is unexamined is not worth living"(Plato, 
428-348 BC, Dialogues, Apology, sec. 38).

   When you figure out who you really are, you realize that 
you must constantly redefine yourself, or die of boredom. If 
you die of boredom, you start over again from the beginning. 
   Perhaps this is nothing more than an infinite-loop and we 
are all just various attempts by our creator to develop 
artificial intelligence machines in his/her/its image? 
   Hey, move over Data... We're no better or worse than you. 
Captain Pichard, Captain Pichard, Data just cracked his face 
with a grin!

>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>David Leemon                  hlidskialf@ins.infonet.net
>I went to church to confess my sins to God
>And then I realized there was no God and I had no sins.

Hmm. Haven't been to court lately, huh?
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