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Monday, June 23, 2008 12:00 AM

Partial score: George Carlin, 71

The comedian, who died Sunday, talked about sports rarely, but he was funny and insightful when he did.
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  • Tuesday, June 24, 2008 05:50 PM

    @droogoy

    Again, that is a beautiful explanation, and of course the focus on necessary and sufficient conditions is succinct and reliable.

    However, I doubt very much that the questions "why are we here?" and "what was there before there was something?" will ever be vanquished from the human experience. That mystery, though it shall remain a mystery, is not unworthy of exploration or discourse. You choose not to entertain these questions and that's fine, but to suggest that they are not valid questions I think is incorrect.

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