I assume that most people who voted yes did so because they think there is some kind of fate or god or other mumbo jumbo that makes things 'happen for a reason.'
Just so you know, I'm a determinist/materialist. In my view, everything happens for a reason, but the reason is physics.
Clarification
Date: 2004-07-20 10:43 pm (UTC)Just so you know, I'm a determinist/materialist. In my view, everything happens for a reason, but the reason is physics.
Re: Clarification
Date: 2004-07-21 01:18 am (UTC)Re: Clarification
Date: 2004-07-21 06:24 pm (UTC)Re: Clarification
Date: 2004-07-23 02:11 pm (UTC)I was in particularly terse mood when I replied.
Re: Clarification
Date: 2004-07-23 02:47 pm (UTC)