[~ot] why is programming so fun?

[Chris Wright]

John Reimer wrote:
> Ah... I must not be making this clear (wouldn't be the first time)... 
> perhaps because I fail to emphasize a point with clarity.  I am not 
> trying to disprove the existance of reason or logic.  They most 
> certainly do exist (in my worldview, at least :) ) and are very 
> necessary for our daily operation.   But what I am trying to compare 
> here is the reliability of worldviews:  I am trying to show that within 
> a purely materialistic worldview, these abstract ideas find no real 
> meaning and would be clearly unreliable... and thus those that trust 
> these tools within a worldview that has difficulty defining them are 
> rendered subject to a kind of "faith" in them that would seem to be 
> unsound. I believe, though, that their existance must be based in a 
> theistic worldview in order for them to be shown why they can work 
> reliability. 

You say that there is someone who created logic, and therefore it exists 
and is usable and accurate.

I have no idea whether logic is accurate, but without it, I wouldn't be 
able to consider my existence and what I perceive, so I shall pretend 
that it works.