Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA16686 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 9 Apr 2001 16:38:51 +0100 Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 16:05:02 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Determinism Message-ID: <20010409160502.B1050@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20010409131401.AAA21025@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010409131401.AAA21025@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 09:13:54AM -0400 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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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