From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jul 29 16:16:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from whizkidtech.net (r15.bfm.org [208.18.213.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 794C51561E for ; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 16:16:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adam@whizkidtech.net) Received: (from adam@localhost) by whizkidtech.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id SAA00247; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:16:08 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from adam) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:16:05 -0500 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" To: Tim Vanderhoek Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Jordan exists Message-ID: <19990729181605.B223@whizkidtech.net> References: <199907281524.LAA61875@dean.pc.sas.com> <199907281539.LAA09614@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <379F4390.950D08FA@newsguy.com> <19990729125245.A224@whizkidtech.net> <37A09679.88910EFD@newsguy.com> <19990729140837.A223@whizkidtech.net> <19990729183756.F24296@mad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <19990729183756.F24296@mad>; from Tim Vanderhoek on Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 06:37:56PM -0400 Organization: Whiz Kid Technomagic X-URL: http://www.whizkidtech.net/ X-Operating-System: FreeBSD whizkidtech.net 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 06:37:56PM -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 02:08:37PM -0500, G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > > > > So, why do I go beyond *reasonable* doubt rather than having *absolute* > > certainty? Because there is one tiny detail that may raise small doubts: > > ITYM "moral absolute certainty". HTH. HAND. Too aristotelian for my taste. I prefer "relative certainty," which is another way of saying "beyond reasonable doubt." Otherwise, I would suggesting that anyone who claims Jordan does not exist is working off an immoral certainty. :-) Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message