Squeakland Evolution project thingy

Joseph Pelrine jpelrine at acm.org
Wed May 30 20:29:30 UTC 2001


At 21:47 30.05.2001 , Bob Hartwig wrote:
>Alan,
>
>At 12:05 PM 5/30/2001 -0800, Alan Kay wrote:
> >
> >I think I would agree here. I think I would change
> >
> >      ... The process of evolution created the animals, both their
> >bodies and their habits ...
> >
> >  to read:
> >
> >      ... It is likely that the process of evolution created the
> >animals, both their bodies and their habits ...
> >
>
>If you were to write an active essay about the heliocentricity of the solar
>system, would you insert "it is likely" before stating on the introductory
>page that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice-versa?

Well, after viewing "A Private Universe", I'm not so sure anymore ;-)

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