[plug] Certainty and truth

Bret Busby bret at clearsol.iinet.net.au
Thu Aug 19 12:49:05 WST 1999


Leon Brooks wrote:
> 
> Mike Holland wrote:
> >         Most people prefer certainty to truth.
> 
> Am I like that? Oh, damn, now I feel all confused... (-:
> 
> Oh, deep thought computer, tell us, what is The Answer? Restore to us
> our Certainty, that we may worship thee, or at least remember thee on
> Christmas and other Merry Occasions?
> 

But, doesn't a computer, even Deep Thought, need a stable power supply to be
stable? And, is not certainty dependent on stability? Or, is the only certainty,
uncertainty?

Me
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