Re: The Common Task

From: Jef Allbright (jef@jefallbright.net)
Date: Thu Feb 06 2003 - 22:19:05 MST

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    I see from the excerpt below that my paraphrasing of Lee's assertion was
    inadequate and insensitive. I'm sorry I put Lee in the position of having
    to defend his original thoughts due to my very poor paraphrasing.
    - Jef

    Lee Corbin wrote:
    > I was referred to as saying
    >
    >>> On this basis, I strongly disagree with Lee's assertion that the
    >>> life of an 85-year old is less valuable than that of a 15-year old.
    >>> In extropic terms, I think carrying on the 85 year-old knowledge
    >>> base (given the means to do that) is much more valuable. In
    >>> evolutionary-based terms, of course, it feels right to value the
    >>> 15-year old who can better carry on the genetic legacy.
    >
    > Firstly, I think that practically everyone on this list agrees
    > that it's inappropriate to speak of "valuing" others in any
    > objective or societal sense. A huge and mostly wasted discussion
    > revolved last summer about the "lifeboat question", namely,



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