Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Torvalds Slams Theoretical Security Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 12:21:22 +0200 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <4d0a477c-ec6a-61ab-aaad-1c43a6a9436a@example.net> References: <_OmcnZpYmdE-PYX6nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@earthlink.com> <20241025153958.0000222f@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-1668252239-1729938083=:3972" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3735294"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:675248 comp.os.linux.misc:60072 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-1668252239-1729938083=:3972 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sat, 26 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 26/10/2024 08:01, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: >> On 10/26/24 1:51 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> On 26 Oct 2024 05:45:31 GMT, rbowman wrote: >>> >>>> About the time Heidegger asked 'Why are there beings at all rather than >>>> nothing?' in 'Introduction to Metaphysics' my head started to hurt. That >>>> was sentence 1, chapter 1. It didn't get better from there on. >>> >>> Did he mention the Anthropic Principle at all? >>> >>> That’s a controversial one. Fred Hoyle used it to predict the existence of >>> an energetic state of the carbon atom without which heavier elements could >>> not be synthesized. >> >> >>   All philosophy is bullshit - including this philosophy  :-) >> >> > That is the reaction of 99% of those who are exposed to it. > > But it isn't. It has tools enabling you to think in extremely different > ways. > The problem is most people think it purports to reveal Truth, but it doesn't. > It is however and interesting study of Lies. Another advantage is familiarity with arguments and lines of reasoning. If I had a penny for every time some technologist thought that he came up with a brand new argument, for it only to turn out that it was discussed 1000 years ago, I'd be rich! --8323328-1668252239-1729938083=:3972--