humans and logic

[Rainy]

On 14 Jun 2001 04:43:29 -0700, thinkit <thinkit8 at lycos.com> wrote:
> In article <OO4DgyH9AHA.266 at cpmsnbbsa07>, "Steve says...
>>
>>"thinkit" <thinkit8 at lycos.com> wrote in message
>>news:9g8q7t0uib at drn.newsguy.com...
>>> In article <ac677656.0106130954.6506ca7b at posting.google.com>,
>>> Tom_Good1 at excite.com says...
>>> >
>>> >thinkit <thinkit8 at lycos.com> wrote in message
>>> >news:<9g5d3p0f0p at drn.newsguy.com>...
>>> >> humans should use a power of 2 as a base.  this is more logical because
>>it
>>> >>synchs with binary, which is at the very heart of logic--true and false.
>>it is
>>> >> more natural perhaps, to use decimal--but logic should, and will, win
>>out.
>>> >
>>> >I'm amused by the idea that "humans should [do something] because . .
>>> >. it is more logical."  Ah yes, we humans are so extremely logical.
>>> >That's why advertisers -- whose livelihood depends on getting us to do
>>> >things -- inevitably appeal to our highly refined sense of logic, and
>>> >never play to our emotions or baser instincts ;-)
>>>
>>> some of us are...and those that are will easily dominate or destroy the
>>rest.
>>>
>>If you're bent on world domination, perhaps you should apply for a job at
>>Microsoft?
>>
>>regards
>> Steve
>>239 (decimal)
> 
> microsoft caters to the dumb in the worst kind of ways.  i know bill's a smart
> guy, so maybe he's building up money to unleash the forces...but i doubt it.
> 

To unleash the awesome powers of hexadecimal upon the world? Yeah, I somehow
doubt that also ;-).


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