>>-- Luke
If so, all the more poor the rationale.
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>quite to the point, thanks. also . . .
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>>>So all these various "scientific" statements are really guesses, it
>>>is not known for certain.
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>um, no. even to the extent that these measure are imprecise and
>there's no way to say, "at day 552+2hours+31minutes+05seconds, human
>children attain self-awareness," it's nevertheless nothing like me
>guessing off the top of my head how many jelly beans could fit in
>the space occupied by the atlantic ocean. it's seems to me that
>reducing such things to "guesswork" (when they aren't) is
>irresponsible in the extreme, and precisely the sort of thing that
>modernists always accuse postmodernists of doing.
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>>>Can you imagine if society were to allow parents to kill their babies
>>>based on this? It would be absolute chaos.
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>no, it would not. why do you think it would be?
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>j
Well I for one would not want to live in a world where you two guys views were dominate. We are talking about real lives here, not playing some video game. marta
-- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.disweb.org