Re: A PHILIPPIC FROM THE OLD SCHOOL: Extropianism Sells Out

KPJ (kpj@sics.se)
Thu, 04 Mar 1999 18:11:08 +0100

|From: <Delvieron@aol.com>
|
|>Interesting point about the shift in the Extropian Principles.
|
|It seems to me that changing ones oponion is a sign of strength rather than
|a sign of weaknes. How come that in politics one is a short-sightet, illoyal
|villain if one changes ones point of view when in science one should allways
|do it when faced with new evidence?

0. Using traditional statist reasoning:

Extropian IS EQUAL TO Extropian.

  1. Using the General Semantics we can solve the paradox:

Extropian(1999) IS NOT NECESSARY EQUAL TO Extropian(EXTROPY No. 5)

|This is exactly what is wrong with politics today. You are a hero i politics
|if you enter a political party at age 18 and never change your opinion for
|your whole life. If on the other hand you try to change your political party
|once or twice during a lifetime you cannot be trusted and is considdered a
|sleep-around.

MEME: "Change Is Evil. Repent."

|Refining what extropy is and stands for in the face of new insights and new
|evidence must absolutely be seen as a strength not a weaknes. If somebody
|then doesn't considder themself extropian anymore, well...

Who owns the word "extropian"?
Is it copyrighted world wide by some organization? What about the meme?