Hey John, You see, John, to Krimel it's "Oops, you're here." And he thinks "Oops" is a good explanation. He tries to make it sound better by invoking "Aha." But, it's still just chance. Which explains nothing.
Platt On 18 Jan 2010 at 14:14, John Carl wrote: > Now you're *trying* to give me the shivers Krimel... but it won't work. > > if .. if .. if ... > > if wishes were ponies, beggars wouldn't need to look far for rose > fertilizer. > > I AM; so postualating all the chances which make me NOT are rhetroical > blowin' in the wind. > > Waiter, I don't think this conversation is leading to the Good. > > John > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Krimel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [John] > > And more to Arlo's point, making choice dependent upon chance has a certain > > truth ring to it, but I'm not sure I'll buy it. It makes ME and MY > > existence dependent upon chaotic chance. Shudders. Existential angst comes > > all over me. > > > > [Krimel] > > We make choices as a way of influencing chance. We seek to improve our odds > > of attaining goals or achieving our hearts desire. That is what evolution > > is > > all about and all living things have some ability to perceive their odds in > > such matters and to act on them. > > > > Your existence is nothing but the outcome of lots and lots of random > > events. > > A particular sperm fertilized a particular egg at a particular place at a > > particular time. If any of those particulars had been minutely different, > > right down to the quantum level, you would be someone else. > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
