Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice6.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!ccice6!daf From: daf@ccice6.UUCP (David Fader) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Hark!, but soft... Message-ID: <259@ccice6.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 18:15:27 EST Article-I.D.: ccice6.259 Posted: Wed Dec 5 18:15:27 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 06:36:08 EST References: <497@uwmacc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY Lines: 11 > I have a hypothetical question. If, given that life formed quickly, > the obvious conclusion is that the probability of forming life is > very high, what would the obvious conclusion be if we discovered > that life appeared to have formed even more quickly, say, > instantaneously? I have a hypothetical question. If, given that thought takes time, the obvious conclusion is that the probability of stupid responses is very high if they are formed quickly, what would the obvious conclusion be if we discovered that the response above appeared to have formed even more quickly, say, instantaneously?