[~ot] why is programming so fun?

[Robert Fraser]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> == Quote from Robert Fraser (fraserofthenight at gmail.com)'s article
>> I think most well-reasoned arguments for a higher power or powers accept
>> such statistics and instead attempt to explain why the universe itself
>> exists rather than life. The majority of such arguments do not seem to
>> be well-reasoned, however.
> 
> For better or worse, none of the arguments for the existence of G-d have
> help up to philosophical scrutiny.  In fact, I believe philosophical circles
> have long since given up on the subject, since it's basically impossible to
> prove the existence of something without either epistemological evidence
> or without debatable premises (in the case of ontological arguments).
> That said, my personal favorites are St. Anselm's and Baruch Spinoza's:
> 
> http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/anselm/
> http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spinoza/
> 
> Anselm for producing the first ontological argument, and Spinoza because
> his argument reads much like a mathematical proof.  Spinoza's argument
> is also one of the more solid ones IMO, and it may gain points in some
> circles for not being aimed at proving the existence of a strictly Christian
> concept of G-d.

Looks interesting; thanks for sharing.