Gary, is the name of the Smulyan book "Forever Undecided?"

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> From: Gary Rosenberg [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 11:56 AM
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> Subject:      Re: Micro- vs. Macro- ??
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> >If it is a rare or obscure paper not readily available could you or
> someone >kindly provide a photocopy.
>
> I'll be happy to mail a copy of the paper to Doug, and anyone else on
> Conch-L who requests a copy in the next few days. Maybe he and I will
> debate it some more in private and report back if anything interesting
> turns up. Personally I've learned a lot from the debate. It's forced me to
> refine some of my concepts and pushed me to integrate some ideas. I've
> also
> learned that some creationists know a lot about biology.
>
> Those of you who've been on Conch-L for awhile know that I collect mollusk
> quotations, but I also collect other kinds of quotations. I was browsing
> them a few days ago, and was surprising how many were relevant to the
> debate, even though I found most of them 10 to 20 years ago. None of them
> are meant to be criticisms, and most of them cut both ways anyway.
>
> I now introduce Professor Smullyan, who will prove to you that either he
> doesn't exist or you don't exist, but you won't know which.
> --What is the Name of this Book?, p. 201
>
> I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it.
> --Geologist's saying
>
> No matter how hard you boil an egg, you can always smash a cigar box
> with a hammer.
>
> Objectivity is in the eye of the beholder.
>
> One of the sure paths to the real future (because there is also a false
> future) is to proceed in the direction of your fear.
> --Milorad Pav, Dictionary of the Khazars, p. 92
>
> Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings and not by the intellect.
> --Herbert Spencer
>
> What a strange misconception has been taught to people....that one
> cannot be disciplined enough to discover truth unless one is indifferent
> to it....there is no point in looking for the truth unless what it is
> makes a difference.
> --K. C. Cole, Discover 4(12):54, 63
>
> Theories pass.  The Frog remains.
> --Jean Rostand, Notebooks of a Biologist
>
>
> Regarding the way Conch-L keeps wandering "off" topic, and the pleas to
> keep us focused (I've wandered and I've pled, so this also is not a
> criticism):
>
> Never try to teach a [flying] pig to sing.  It wastes your time and annoys
> the pig.
> --Psychology Today, May 1981, p. 17
>
> So with that, I'm signing off the creation/evolution debate for awhile.
>
> [Now you've done it!  You let the volcano go out!
> --Johnny Hart, B.C., 8 January 1987]
>
> Best wishes,
> Gary
>
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