Re: virus: Core beliefs

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Fri, 26 Dec 97 10:15:50 -0500


>"I DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING.
>
>My own opinion, is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as
>one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops
>thinking about that aspect of existence. The more certitude one
>assumes, the less there is left to think about, and a person sure of
>everything would never have any need to think about anything, and might
>be considered clinically dead under current medical standards, where the
>absence of brain activity is taken to mean that life has ended"

What can I do but agree?

The CoV has always meant a church sans belief to me.

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