RE: virus: Yoda

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Thu, 10 Apr 1997 23:14:28 -0700 (PDT)


On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Corey A. Cook wrote:

> Belief, in my opinion, is the ability to _totally_ ignore data, past
> models, and opposing reasoning. The purpose of belief is (for the moment)
> beyond me. But you seem to be saying that you utilize belief, for much
> the same reasons that I do.

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> Without belief, we would begin to _doubt_ that Zen or Zenarchy have merit.
> Our _doubt_ would hinder us from studying our beliefs, and we couldn't have
> as many benifits that come from doing so.

Hmmm,... belief as a sort of hyper-reality one can venture into in order
to re-examine ones current operating systems? Veddy intearessing...

-Prof. Tim