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   From: scion@nospam.org   
      
   Does Knight37  listen to pop music because he's   
   depressed, or is he depressed because he listens to pop music?   
      
   > Hmm.. okay. What didn't really get explained is why the "wintermute"   
   > (or whatever it became) needed Angie in the aleph...?   
      
   Or why it split, for that matter. This is pure speculation on my part,   
   but I think Gibson didn't explain that bit because he was trying to make   
   a point. Namely, that we don't get the answers to our "why's". Angie got   
   the AI dossier on her dad, but it didn't help her figure him out, and she   
   eventually threw it away. Similarly, all we see of the AI's interactions   
   are the effects it has on cyberspace. We don't ever get any first causes.   
      
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