Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: naughty Python Date: 2 Jan 2026 20:02:12 GMT Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <6decndo7ib2Df8z0nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com> <10iu02q$1029n$12@dont-email.me> <10iu3g7$11u10$3@dont-email.me> <10iutjt$1c0aq$2@dont-email.me> <10j35i3$2gptg$16@dont-email.me> <10j3e8l$2l5sp$2@dont-email.me> <10j481i$2t1h9$11@dont-email.me> <10j5ppk$3etcd$5@dont-email.me> <7cadnTZwKKzx_8r0nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <10j8aht$at2l$7@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net sw+L/ImXrU0mHYbPxQb2dgpEC+8dITZ64CEx7XpKJRNxiYn1Z2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:bECGH5oUHULuzwMWp+eNWPWUsAg= sha256:bJM72/KxjdiJ79wnt1n0ozW/eL3JT2BxeqEvVvjscVA= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80344 alt.folklore.computers:233068 On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 11:35:25 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > Rational materialism of Western Science IS ultimately *religion*. Its > based on an unwarranted assumption about the nature of ourselves, and > the world, that we adhere to ultimately because, as Richard Dawkins > said 'It works, bitches'. Dawkins is fun. I forget which book it was when he was addressing some of the issues raised by the creationists. He started with 'That's an interesting question illustrated by....' and launched into a 20 page anecdote. As far as I could tell he never did get around to addressing the question, hoping the reader had forgotten about it.