Software Needs Philosophers

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SamFeltus wrote:

> Religious Fanaticism is a very strong in the Computer community.  But,
> is it really a surprise that when a bunch of hairless apes created a
> new mental world, they created it with a complicated Quilt of religions
> and nationalities, and many became fanatical?
> 
> I am confidant the responces Xah will recieve will validate his
> observation on religious fanaticism.  It is funny, Xah always questions
> people's Sacred Cow's, I have often noted that the reponces often read
> like the writings of religious fanatics.  As a Georgian (US), the
> responces often remind me of the Dark Side (there is a Light) of the
> Southern Baptist Church, translated into Computer Speak.
> 
> Software needs philosophers is an interesting point, perhaps the most
> important function of Philosophers is exposing Sacred Cows as just
> Cattle.

Unless Xah Lee is Steve Yegge, Xah Lee did not write that essay.  Nor did he
claim to:

> Software Needs Philosophers

> by Steve Yegge, 2006-04-15.

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> This post is archived at:
> http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/04/software-needs-philosophers.html

> and http://xahlee.org/Periodic_dosage_dir/_p/software_phil.html

> This essay is reported with permission.