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  3. From: leon@cs.weber.edu (Leon D. Atkinson)
  4. Subject: Re: Ignoring the  Unknown
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan25.162340.11111@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
  6. Sender: news@fcom.cc.utah.edu
  7. Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
  8. References:  <C18ML1.G2n@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>
  9. Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 16:23:40 GMT
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  13. |> What I can't accept is any claim to certainty; there's just something
  14. |> so arrogant about it that it has the opposite of the intended affect;
  15. |> I refuse to even consider the point argued.
  16. |> 
  17. |> Bill
  18. |> 
  19. |> 
  20.  
  21. In other words, since you tried to understand reality, failed and gave up,
  22. you find it insulting that anyone else would be successful.  This is the same
  23. thing as congressional 'Soak the Rich.'  Punish those that are successful
  24. BECAUSE they are successful.
  25.