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From: Rowland McDonnell on 10 Mar 2010 12:02
J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:

> Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > But `we' - you and I - will die centuries before any deep understanding
> > > could be gained. And by the time the deep understanding is possible of
> > > conception in principle (on account of the maths now describing the
> > > cosmic all), the human race will have evolved.
> >
> > Not really very interesting; 4 million years to get to where we are, a
> > lot longer if you are following the evolution of the brain. And the
> > pressures to evolve in the direction of understanding the nature of the
> > universe are peewee compared to those that shaped our minds so far.
> >
> > I doubt that that kind of evolution is going to happen.
>
> Since the real progress comes from very few,
> very talented individuals one may well asumme
> that the population growth is a more important factor

One may well do that, but one would also be stupid to take assumptions
seriously if they are that sort: based on logic and supposition without
a single shred of data.

[snip]

Rowland.

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