Re: Determinism

From: Robin Faichney (robin@reborntechnology.co.uk)
Date: Mon Apr 09 2001 - 16:05:02 BST

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    On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 09:13:54AM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
    >
    > Of course, the explanation for step two (as in that famous comic) that
    > they do use is "then a miracle occurs" which is the time-honored
    > hand-wave of the theologically biased.

    Now what does that remind me of? I know -- "top-down causation"! :-)

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