Re: Letter to NPR re Duncan Moon's 9/18 piece on Islamic reaction to the911 attacks

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Thu Sep 20 2001 - 11:49:31 MDT


From: <extropy@theogeny.com>
> As Extropians, are we merely anti-Islamic? Or are we pro-reason
> and anti-superstition in whatever form?

Because we're pro-reason and anti-superstition, we don't single out Islamic
irrational superstition. All religion is irrational and superstitious. That's
what separates it from science.

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Useless hypotheses, etc.:
 consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego, human values, scientific relinquishment

We won't move into a better future until we debunk religiosity, the most
regressive force now operating in society.



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