15 Jun
2011
15 Jun
'11
9:12 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb at deltasoft.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: Nazi System 360/370 book...
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I can't grasp how otherwise intelligent, rational people, especially
techies, don't believe in God. The alternative is illogical, as we
understand better than most, just how complex things really are.
Because we're not gullible?
g.
From my perspective believing in something greater then
yourself keeps most
people out of trouble (be it GOD, family, nation, etc). When
somebody starts
organizing that perspective into an infallible religion that makes all other
religions false you start to have problems (especially when those people use
the word of GOD for their own amusement, persecution of people they don't
like, and to make a shitload of tax free money).
From a techie standpoint you can't have a couple
dozen religions based on
the written infallible word of GOD that all contradict
each other and have
known incorrect teachings and believe it. Basically they can't all be
correct, but they can all be wrong.
Complexity is just a bunch of simple things going on at the same time and
interacting with each other. Anybody who knows complex math can simulate
something very complex with a relatively simple equation. To those without a
mathematical background its too hard to figure out so it must be magic! The
longer humankind keeps digging into how things work, the more we will turn
that magic into equations that don't look so complex after all.