offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

[Carlo Florendo]

Dave Korn wrote:

>----Original Message----
>  
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>  In science, we have this wonderful concept, called "evidence".
>Observation generates evidence; faith does not.  In fact, faith is an
>invitation to self-delusion, since it consists mainly in the false inference
>that the apparent strength and clarity of a perception or belief is an
>indication of the accuracy of its relation to reality, which is a total
>non-sequitur.
>
>    cheers,
>      DaveK
>  
>
Science is so limited.   It can not go beyond material evidence.  It 
cannot go beyond the sub-atomic elements.  That is because science's 
realm is that of matter.   Beyond matter, it does not have the tools nor 
the methods to arrive at conclusions which touch on the most fundamental 
question:  the question of being and that of the transcendental realities.

Can science prove beauty, for instance?

To say that faith is an invitation to delusion is absurd.  I will bet 
that 99% of what you believe is from faith.   Do you have evidence that 
you are the son of your mother?   Did you see yourself being born from 
your mother?
You believed you indeed are your mother's son because of the credibility 
of those around you.   They treated you as family.  Thus you believed.   
You did not need proof and evidence.   That accession to reality is 
called faith. 


What about this mailing list?  The fact that you have posted here means 
that you acceded to faith in believing that this mailing list is really 
from cygwin.   What if I just made all this up and that the entire 
cygwin is a hoax?

Faith, simply means, the accession to something because of the authority 
of the one saying so. When cgf releases a new cygwin, you believe that 
it is indeed newer *because of the authority of cgf*.    Thus, I have 
faith in cgf when he says that he released a new cygwin.  I do not need 
evidence. Do you?  He may commit a mistake in forgetting to upload the 
new cygwin but that's beside the point.  I believe first, then I go to 
the site and download the new cygwin.  Not the other way around.


Best Regards,

Carlo

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Carlo Florendo
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