SamFeltus wrote: > Religious Fanaticism is a very strong in the Computer community. But, > is it really a surprise that when a bunch of hairless apes created a > new mental world, they created it with a complicated Quilt of religions > and nationalities, and many became fanatical? > > I am confidant the responces Xah will recieve will validate his > observation on religious fanaticism. It is funny, Xah always questions > people's Sacred Cow's, I have often noted that the reponces often read > like the writings of religious fanatics. As a Georgian (US), the > responces often remind me of the Dark Side (there is a Light) of the > Southern Baptist Church, translated into Computer Speak. > > Software needs philosophers is an interesting point, perhaps the most > important function of Philosophers is exposing Sacred Cows as just > Cattle.
Unless Xah Lee is Steve Yegge, Xah Lee did not write that essay. Nor did he claim to: > Software Needs Philosophers > by Steve Yegge, 2006-04-15. <....> > This post is archived at: > http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/04/software-needs-philosophers.html > and http://xahlee.org/Periodic_dosage_dir/_p/software_phil.html > This essay is reported with permission. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
