Re: Vale, William Donald Hamilton, FRS (1936-2000)

From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Sat Mar 18 2000 - 10:36:44 MST


In a message dated 03/18/2000 8:00:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,
d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au writes:

> The great evolutionary theorist is dead. I suppose we're obliged to think
> of it as evolution in action, as always with death, but fuck evolution in
> that case.
>
> Damien
Yah. Its all fine and dandy to be happy existentialists; until ya get
whacked by the pain of life. Which is why humans invented religion, to buffer
them, a little, from the pain of loss. Which conversely, can cause more
pain, because much of religious history has caused great violence and misery!
 

To cut to cut to the chase, what I think we need on the list here is more
attention given to "dearly departed" and omega point physics or suitable
substitutes. Or maybe we should just settle for what people have always
done, that is, a mixture of alcohol, maybe drugs, and just straight forward
denial (non religious) because its too frustrating dwelling on what we cannot
change?



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