Re: 137/Openminded

From: stdnt428@hampshire.edu
Date: Tue Nov 14 2000 - 12:33:12 MST


Delightfully openminded!

Your Extropianistic Extropianism is making me proud!

- Eric

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On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Zero Powers wrote:

> Hi Matthew
>
> I haven't read ahead in my inbox to see if anyone has attempted to answer
> this question yet. But you will find that "extropians" are just about as
> diverse in opinion as "humans" are. About the only thing you will get any
> group of extropians to agree on is that they want to improve on the human
> condition. In fact some may not even agree to that, preferring instead to
> "transcend" the human condition.
>
> So the extropians interest in numerology is likely to be as varied as you
> can imagine. However, most all forward-thinking-type people are pretty well
> convinced of the value of the empirical method. So with there not having
> been a great deal of empirical research on the subject, my guess is that,
> like me, most on this list would shrug and say "insufficient data to
> conclusively resolve."
>
> -Zero
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Purdon" <playinmantis@earthlink.net>
> To: <extropians@extropy.org>
> Sent: November 13, 2000 9:06 a.m.
> Subject: Re: 137
>
>
>
> > Would someone please explain what the Extropians interest is in practicing
> > this sort of numerology?
> >
> > --Matthew Purdon
>



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