Re: People are dumb

Samael (Samael@dial.pipex.com)
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:30:38 -0000

-----Original Message-----
From: Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se>
To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com> Date: 15 December 1998 15:26
Subject: Re: People are dumb

>"Samael" <Samael@dial.pipex.com> writes:
>
>> Having occasionally worked as a trainer (and thus hung around with a lot
of
>> trainers too), I can state that in my/our experience most people, even
when
>> they want to learn, are pretty stupid, slow and tend to give up after
about
>> 5 minutes.
>
>Sure. But that can change.

Difficult to do voluntarily, as most people are 'happy' the way they are.

Easier to get at the kids when they are young than try to reprogram the parents.

Samael