On 10/24/08, Alexanian, Moorad <alexanian@uncw.edu> wrote:
> I have never heard a clear and logical explanation of why the reasoning
> ability of man to do abstract thinking , say mathematical and
> theoretical physics thinking, is necessary for survival.
Quite obviously, since few if any other species share our "reasoning
power," and survive very well without it, such a facility would be
essentially impossible to justify. So the fact that you "have never
heard" simply means you join with the rest of us.
JB
To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@calvin.edu with
"unsubscribe asa" (no quotes) as the body of the message.
Received on Sat Oct 25 14:05:24 2008
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : Sat Oct 25 2008 - 14:05:24 EDT