Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Now here's a college course I'd like to sign up for.
Posted by Mac at 6:34 PM

3 comments:

Ken said...

'The meaning of life and how to be happy". Just buy HIS textbook, listen to HIM, and your life becomes wonderful?

C'mon, Mac: doesn't this sound a little fishy to you? Does to me.

10:07 PM
Mac said...

I've been reading and corresponding with Rucker for years; fortunately he's not a "feel great now" kinda guy by a long shot, although I can see why a newcomer could get that impression from "Lifebox."

I suspect the subtitle is semi-toungue-in-cheek.

10:14 PM
W.M. Bear said...

"I'm going to argue for the position that everything is a computation."

--R.R.

Doesn't computation imply a computer? Doesn't a computer imply a programmer? Doesn't a programmer imply.... ;-)

10:28 PM