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Michael Plant > writes:

> Joel 9/10/04
>
> >
> > Now here's the origin of everything I've said so far: I don't believe
> > there's any such thing as deduction ex nihilo. Everything is,
> > necessarily, `bootstrapped' inductively.
>
> Works both ways at once. And -- no sarcasm intended here either -- therein
> lies the cosmic joke.

I honestly can't quite picture that, so I'm interested in any
elaboration you can offer. Feel free to take this offline; it's
getting a little too OT.

Cheers,

- Joel