Subject:
|
Re: The Brick Testament - More Teachings of Jesus
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.debate
|
Date:
|
Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:42:31 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
4786 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
| |
I don’t know that it’s arrogant or naive, though it might be unjustifiably
optimistic at the moment to call it “simple.” Gould isn’t saying that
Hawking/Penrose will, like God, be magically able to terminate the regress;
their intent is to demonstrate that the regress is non-infinite. I think
that that’s a much smaller goal, though it’s still quite a task. I’d do it,
but I have to paint the staircase and rewire a phone jack. You know how it
is...
|
I wish I could help you out, Dave! But I don’t know jack about phones. And I’d
have to brush up on painting staircases; I hear it’s rail difficult.
Well, if they ever arrest the regress, it would appear that their work would be
able to be used to argue for a Creator as well:-)
JOHN
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: The Brick Testament - More Teachings of Jesus
|
| (...) I don't know that it's arrogant or naive, though it might be unjustifiably optimistic at the moment to call it "simple." Gould isn't saying that Hawking/Penrose will, like God, be magically able to terminate the regress; their intent is to (...) (18 years ago, 25-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
86 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
