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   David Mitchell to All   
   Re: OT: too bad people aren't as good at   
   21 Jan 05 19:52:13   
   
   From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:29:43 +0000, LH wrote:   
      
   >>> Haven't heard of any credible ones.   
   >>   
   >> Doesn't that dent your credibility just a little - the worst disaster in   
   >> recent memory, hundreds of thousands dead, and _no-one saw it coming_?   
   >   
   > No.  If you're suppose to know about something that is coming you'll get   
   > clues about it.  If knowing about it before hand will interfere with the   
   > experience then it will hit you out-of-the-blue.  It works this way   
   > individually and in mass.  While this event is tragic to epoch proportions,   
   > from a higher perspective much growth for humanity "could" result.  I'll let   
   > you ponder that.   
      
   It's just the "Mysterious Ways" argument in another form.   
      
   Sorry Lonnie, but I don't buy it, it's too easy.   
      
   > Just because I haven't heard of any doesn't mean there weren't any, also see   
   > above.   
      
   True; but I haven't heard of any either, nor been able to find any on the   
   net (sorry "cloud" :-).   
      
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