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- From: jarleb@athena.uio.no (Jarle Brinchmann)
- Subject: Re: Question of Theory of Everything (or Grand Unified theory)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.135437.17287@ulrik.uio.no>
- Sender: news@ulrik.uio.no (Mr News)
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- Reply-To: jarleb@athena.uio.no (Jarle Brinchmann)
- Organization: University of Oslo, Norway
- References: <1992Sep7.040445.19839@galois.mit.edu> <1992Sep8.023027.15883@nuscc.nus.sg> <88251@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 13:54:37 GMT
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- In article <88251@netnews.upenn.edu>, weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu
- (Matthew P Wiener) writes:
- > In article <1992Sep8.023027.15883@nuscc.nus.sg>, matmcinn@nuscc
- (Mcinnes B T (Dr)) writes:
- > >Now: is it not truly astounding that the complexity of the universe
- > >is so precisely calibrated to the intelligence of homo sapiens?
- >
- > I think Einstein had a famous quotation on just this point.
- Something
- > about the most incomprehensible thing about the universe being that
- it
- > is comprehensible.
- > --
-
- And then there is Douglas Adams version :
-
- Some say that the universe is made so that when we are about to
- understand it
- it changes into something even more incomprehensible ---
-
- And then there are those who say that this has already happened.
-
-
- Jarle.
-