Re: virus: Faith, Logic and Purpose

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 23:42:51 -0800 (PST)


On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, David McFadzean wrote:

> Can agree the purpose is to accept reasonable beliefs while
> avoiding unreasonable beliefs?

Try "useful" and "not useful" instead and then see how often reasonable
and useful overlap.

> I think I can come up with a game theoretic proof that <critical
> analysis> is better than <faith>.

I'm game.

-Prof. Tim