<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2658.2">
<TITLE>RE: [extropy-chat] Re: John Wright Finds God</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Interesting analogy!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>So there is some cause-effect:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>If you believe in something (such as God), you have higher probability to get it.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>If you don't believe in something (such as God), you have less probability to get it.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>> From: john-c-wright@sff.net</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Well, that is a strange question, for it is based on a strange assumption. It is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> like asking whether, had you been kneeling in front of my beloved as I was when</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I asked her to marry me, she would have chosen you for her bridegroom instead of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> me. Marriage is not a matter open to experiment. The results, in one sense, are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> not repeatable. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Now, as I say, the experiment is not repeatable, but, like proposing to a bride,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> there is a way in which these things are done. As in marriage, in this case</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> also, it is customary to start on one's knees. </FONT>
</P>
<FONT SIZE=3><BR>
<BR>
================================================================================================================================================================<BR>
This message may contain information which is private, privileged or confidential of Compal Electronics, Inc. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender and destroy/delete the message. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information, by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.<BR>
================================================================================================================================================================<BR>
</FONT>
</BODY>
</HTML>