XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, alt.atheism   
   From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 11:48:48 -0500, Jonathan  wrote:   
      
   >On 1/30/2021 9:22 AM, Don Kresch wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:39:33 -0500, Jonathan  scrawled   
   >> in blood:   
   >>   
   >>> Here's my 'Bible' below and it explains the creation of   
   >>> all visible order in the universe. We can discuss   
   >>> the concept in more detail if you like.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Types and Forms of Emergence   
   >>>   
   >>> "The process of emergence deals with the fundamental question:   
   >>> “how does an entity come into existence?”   
   >>>   
   >>> In a process of emergence we observe something (for instance   
   >>> the appearance of order or organization) and ask how this is   
   >>> possible, since we assume causality: every effect should   
   >>> have a cause.   
   >>   
   >> 	Oh for fuck's fucking sake: the onto-cosmological argument?   
   >> Seriously?   
   >>   
   >> 	Well, you just admitted that you're a moron.   
   >>   
   >> 	Don't bother responding; won't see it.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   >That was a quote from a well-respected major university   
   >you just called moronic. In fact it was a quote from the   
   >Computer Science dept of this university...   
   >   
   >https://www.uni-kassel.de/uni/en/international-service/internat   
   onal-profile/university-of-kassel   
   >   
   >   
   >And you're calling me, I mean the Phd that wrote the   
   >quote a moron?   
      
   Calling a quote "moronic" and calling the quoter "a moron" are two   
   different things.   
      
   And since when were Computer Science PhDs experts on emergence? Are   
   they just sitting around hoping a true AI will "emerge" if they wait   
   long enough?   
   --   
   "I begin to envy Petronius."   
   "I have envied him long since."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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