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  Re: An example of confirmation bias?  
From: Darren New
Date: 9 Jul 2009 17:42:19
Message: <4a56643b$1@news.povray.org>
andrel wrote:
> On 9-7-2009 21:52, Darren New wrote:
>> andrel wrote:
>>> BTW is there in English a word to describe someone who thinks there 
>>> is a higher power but does not know what exactly? 
>>
>> A deist?
>>
> That implies god, I was looking for something even more general.
> Something that does not even imply a personality

I'm not sure how you can attribute a personality to something that by 
definition has no interaction with the universe. :-)

> and includes options 
> like 'the sum of all spirits of all living beings' or whatever.

Jedi?  Or just spiritual?

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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    back to version 1.0."
   "We've done that already. We call it 2.0."


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