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On 9 Apr 2001, at 16:05, Robin Faichney wrote:
> 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"! :-)
>
Miracles are then predicted and observed every day in PET-scan
labs all over the world. Some would call it science.
> --
> Robin Faichney
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> (CAUTION: contains philosophy, may cause heads to spin)
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