On Sep 16, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
Miles Parker wrote:
I think if we look honestly there is not a single thing that we can
drill into that has ultimate reality.
But there are a lot of things that can be controlled very
effectively and with predictable failure rates.
Good. I was expecting we were on the same page on that one, but given
the discussion at Swarmfest I'm not sure how many people -- including
"scientists" who should know better -- still believe in such.
Still... prediction is a funny word. Because you know, you can only
predict what has already happened. And control is only effective until
it isn't. Which as a consequence of that, always happens at the worst
possible time. ;)
I'm not being [...] nihilistic
Are they arresting people for that now? Let me know.. :-)
You'll be the um... first to know.
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