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Date Posted: 08:51:32 08/06/00 Sun
Author: Brain
Subject: Re: Cause and effect... ABC, CBA, CBS, NBC, CNN...
In reply to: oyster 's message, "Re: Cause and effect" on 06:47:13 08/06/00 Sun

> > > >
> > > > Evolution created men and women for a purpose and
> > > when
> > > > you or anybody else lives a life that disables
> you
> > to
> > > > be human like it has consequences such as your
> > > > depression.
> > > > You want to be stubborn and through your life
> away,
> > > > perfectly fine with me. One competitor less!
> > > > Brain
> > > >
> > >
> > > That's not why I get depressed. You write about
> being
> > > a winner by knowing all of your facts, yet you make
> > > assumptions, just like everyone else does.
> > >
> > > So you think the purpose of life is fucking because
> > > through the course of evolution it feels pleasant?
> So
> > > would the purpose of my life be to kill people if
> it
> > > felt pleasant?
> >
> >
> > A.) Yes I make assumptions but it's not where I stop.
> > In science there are three steps: hypothesis
> > (assumption), experiment and conclusion. The
> > conclusion comes at the end of the process, not at
> the
> > beginning.
> > B.) I don't see the purpose of my life in running
> > around and making all women happy. My life and my
> time
> > are toooooo precious for that.
> > C.) How can you compare sex with murder? Is sex that
> > bad in your opinion?
> > Brain
> >
>
> C.) I was trying to make a point.
> B.) So you're saying that you don't conduct your life
> for the purpose that evolution created you? According
> to evolution, shouldn't you be impregnating as many
> women as possible to make sure your genes survive?
> A.) A hypothesis would be a theory which one is
> intending to test. The conclusion is more of an
> assumption.

A.) No! assumption is at the beginning of the process not the end. The conclusion is at the end
B.) I would not be myself if I would not be able to trick the system
C.) How can you make a point with such an ridiculous example that makes absolutely no sense?
Brain

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Re: Cause and effect... ABC, CBA, CBS, NBC, CNN... -- oyster, 11:19:41 08/06/00 Sun
- Re: Oh, I forgot to mention your intellectual masterpiece -- Brain, 21:52:02 08/06/00 Sun
  - Re: Oh, I forgot to mention your intellectual masterpiece -- oyster, 08:05:40 08/07/00 Mon