From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com>
> I just say "oh one" or "ought one". The twenty is gonna be with us for
> another hunnert years. No point stating what ought to be assumed.
Well, it *might* be with us for that long.
Then again, we might convert to the Extropian calendar in another 50 years or
so.
(If the religionists don't kill us all by trying to realize their prophesied
Armageddon.)
--- --- --- --- ---
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, malevolent AI
We move into a better future in proportion as science displaces superstition.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Sat May 11 2002 - 17:44:17 MDT