[plug] Certainty and truth

[Leon Brooks]

Bret Busby wrote:
> 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?

Yes.

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