Re: Determinism

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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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