Es que con esto de la globalización, internet y demás gaitas, va a haber que aprenderse las fiestas de todo el mundo (principalmente, de los EEUU, que son los que más mandan...huevos) Nada, nada, el 28 de diciembre nos vengamos jejeje Saludos -----Mensaje original----- De: LAGAMEZ [mailto:LAGAMEZ en terra.es] Enviado el: Vie 02/04/2004 13:42 Para: escepticos en dis.ulpgc.es CC: Asunto: Re: [escepticos] Fin del Diccionario Esc?ptico Qué estragos hace entre los escépticos el 1 de abril, día anglosajón de los inocentes. Señores, que hay que fijarse un poco más :-)))). Parecen periodistas. Saludetes, Luis alfonso Gámez ----- Mensaje Original ----- De: Maria Coria <maria_clara_coria24 en yahoo.com.ar> Fecha: Viernes, Abril 2, 2004 6:23 am Asunto: [escepticos] Fin del Diccionario Esc?ptico > > R.T Carroll (http://skepdic.com/) dio por concluido el Diccionario > Escéptico y posteó un mensaje sorprendente. ¡¡¡Sería interesante > que alguien lo tradujera al español!!! > > > > Today I announce the end of The Skeptic's Dictionary. > > I did not think I could ever give up my skepticism but I have > recently > had an experience that has changed my mind about everything I have > come > to disbelieve. > > My transformation started out innocently enough. I was reading an > interview with William Dembski in Christianity Today. Yes, I have > been a > covert reader for some time now. Anyway, something Dembski said > resonated with me like nothing has resonated with me for a long > time. He > said "We don't know what randomness is, or the way we get at > randomness > is by knowing what randomness is not. What would happen repeatedly > was > you'd find something with a pure random but then you'd find the > pattern > in it. Randomness was always a provisional designation until we > found > the pattern or design in it. " Eureka! > > That was the beginning. The kicker was when I was doing some yard > work. > I came in afterward and noticed th at there were several weeds > stuck to > my socks and shoes. It was like a hammer to the head. I started to > see > the patterns. There was clearly a design here. The weeds excreted a > sticky substance that allowed them to cling to my clothes. When I > moved > around I carried their seeds with me and had unwittingly deposited > them > throughout my yard. Soon, my yard would be crawling with weeds and > I > would have been partially to blame. But I wasn't concerned about > the > yard. I had a bigger problem. I had seen that randomness could not > account for the weeds' behavior. Yes, behavior. What else could it > be? > The weeds clearly know what they are doing. They didn't just > accidentally cling to me. There is no way this was just matter > randomly > and meaninglessly behaving in a way that looked like design. This > was > truly design at work. > > I was forced to rethink everything I disbelieve in. If weeds can > act > with intentions, then how could I deny that the fluctuations in > random > event generators (REGs) could be random? I couldn't. I had to admit > that > perhaps there is something to those experiments that show that > REGs > went orderly during Princess Diana's funeral but not during Mother > Teresa's. The temporary lack of randomness might well indicate a > global > consciousness and a preference for certain kinds of women. > > Other patterns started to emerge from the randomness. Wherever > there is > order there is design. Dembski is right. I don't know why he took > so > many books and pages to say such a simple truth. But I am glad he did. > > Farewell skeptics. I'll see you in Hell. > > R. T. Carroll > April 1, 2004 > > > > > --------------------------------- > ¿Buscás un auto? > Encontralo en Yahoo! Autos > ¡Más de 4000 clasificados todos los días! > Usados - 0 km - Vendé el tuyo
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