Re: [asa] Computer Evolution: [was] The Complete Charles Darwin on line

I don't think Robert has a sense of humour as he is an Anglican

Michael
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Gregory Arago
  To: Robert Schneider ; David Opderbeck ; Brent Foster
  Cc: asa@calvin.edu
  Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:39 PM
  Subject: [asa] Computer Evolution: [was] The Complete Charles Darwin on line

  If there's someone using plastic letters here, it seems to me that it's Robert and not David. Robert seems to be trying to please Charles Robert Darwin quite a bit indeed. This way a person can forget the truthful consequences of a question of origins about labtop computers (by means of non-natural selection...)!

  Is Robert (would he be) arguing against 'intelligent agency' involved in (what he would likely call) 'technological evolution'? Or is he avoiding the question altogether via humour?

  Arago

  Robert Schneider <rjschn39@bellsouth.net> wrote:
    A bunch of naked apes with a forest full of wires, plastic letters, circuits, etc., tried numerous combinations over several million years until they came up with a laptop with a Pentium IV processor. Darwin was pleased.
      ----- Original Message -----
      From: David Opderbeck
      To: Brent Foster
      Cc: asa@calvin.edu ; Robert Schneider
      Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:27 AM
      Subject: Re: [asa] The Complete Charles Darwin on line

      I love the picture on the website - Darwin with a laptop.
       
      It is a nice picture, but it raises some important questions, such as, did the laptop gradually appear in Darwin's lap as a result of many small changes over time, or did some intelligent agent place it there?

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