At 13:57 -0500 12/10/00, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
>I'm in the process of collecting some useful commentary on Brin that
>I intend to post to my list. Hal Finney and Michael Lorrey have
>given me permission to use their commentary on Brin and I've
>received some other illuminating commentary from several others.
My exposure to Brin has been brief, but I agree with a lot of the
criticism of his writings that I have read. As I mentioned on the
Extropy list, I would have expected a professional writer, scientist,
and Libertarian to be able to express himself in a more logically
consistent, straightforward manner. Instead, his arguments were
mostly fallacious, poorly stated, and based upon a predominantly
leftist agenda. In my opinion, his recent essay should have been
entitled "Confessions Of A Bleeding Heart and Sanctimonious
Libertarian".
What Zero said about slander (libel) should be heeded, though.
Brin's ideas largely seem to originate from emotional liberalism.
That sort is always the most obstinately litigious.
Good luck,
Chris Russo
--
"If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought
or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet
hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance
which does harm."
-- Marcus Aurelius, MEDITATIONS, VI, 21
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