Gregory Bateson, biologist and thinker, one of the geniuses of the century, had a favourite story he told time and time again: "The ultimate scientist built at last the ultimate computer. It was time to ask the machine the ultimate question: "Will computers be ever able to think like humans?" The computer processed this request for a long time running through huge databases never contained by individual mind. After seven days well spent, the answer was ready, printed out neatly on one sheet of paper. The Scientist rushed to it and read: "This reminds me of a story.."
	Nasrudin Stories:
	They say that Mullah Nasrudin, the perplexed Hodja, the wise fool, descendant of Esop, brother of Till, ...
	Now Nasrudin was a ferryman. One day he took a scholar in his boat. As he listened to the Hodja's...
	Wisdom is a treasury that grows as you give it away. This is wonderful, but giving it away does not make you rich...
	The news spread, like fire in the bushes. Timur the Lame, the angry ghost of Gengis Khan...
	The Mullah rode back from Konya as fast as he could, impatient to break the news...
	This used to happen when Nasrudin was still young and his beard was still black and cheeky, ...
	"Have trust in Allah, said the Hodja, but don't forget to tie up your camel." ...
	Nasrudin was on his way home from saint Mecca. He was a Hodja now. Midway on the dusty road ...
	From the countless stories told about Nasrudin Hodja...
	Other Stories:
	Some three thousand years ago, under the Shun dynasty, torrential rain ravaged the Central High Plains...
	The peasant's stallion run away. The whole hamlet came to tell how sorry they were, ...
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