gls@odyssey.ATT.COM (g.l.sicherman) (01/30/88)
In article <2638@calmasd.GE.COM>, wlp@calmasd.GE.COM (Walter Peterson) writes: > > In article <20@chemstor.UUCP>, bob@chemstor.UUCP (Robert Weigel) writes: > > Just another biannual reminder that philosophy is a futile game. ... > > For an excellent explanation as to why philosophy is NOT futile and why > everyone NEEDS philosophy, see "Philosophy: Who Needs It" By Ayn Rand Would you two please move this discussion out of news.groups, comp.cog-eng, comp.ai, sci.misc, and sci.research? It belongs in talk.philosophy. -:- BUM: Say, mister, can you spare a dollar? CRACKERS: I can easily spare the sum you name, but it seems to me that most beggars would customarily suggest a more modest amount, such as a nickel. BUM: I guess they would, at that; but I am ambitious, and mean to rise in my chosen calling. --Horatio Alligator, "Admiral Boniface's Parrot" -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...!ihnp4!odyssey!gls