Re: Bill Gates

Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Wed, 08 Oct 1997 20:23:45 -0500

CALYK@aol.com wrote:
>
> Its a saying for old farts, nobody young says that, I've heard it before,
> just not abbreviated.
>
> danny

Algernon's Law: Any simple enhancement of human intelligence is a net
evolutionary disadvantage.

Or to put it another way, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

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