Re: COPY: Sagan:Reply to: Breaking My Promise

KPJ (kpj@sics.se)
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 18:25:44 +0200

It appears as if Robert Owen <rowen@technologist.com> wrote:
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|Thank you for the courtesy, Joe. CAVEAT: there is NO Unified Extropian
|Field Theory -- we debate everything, including the definition of the term
|"Extropian" (which is, in principle, the contrary of "Entropian" with respect
|to "entropy"). But there IS a pervasive view that reliance on any trans-
|cendental Object or "Supra-ordinate Power" for the achievement of our
|objectives (about which there is a broad consensus) is counterproductive.

A vocal group of list members pay tribute to the concepts

	``property'',
	``the right to bear arms'',
  and	``natural law''

with some fervour, however. One might wish to avoid questioning these concepts in order to avoid an involuntary jihad.