Re: degrees of openness

michael k teehan (miketeehan@worldnet.att.net)
Sun, 7 Dec 1997 18:12:19 -0500


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> From: Abraham Moses Genen <futurist@frontiernet.net>
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Re: degrees of openness
> Date: Sunday, December 07, 1997 7:05 PM
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> Abraham Moses Genen
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> Being dedicated to the future progress of humankind
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joao Pedro <jpnitya@mail.esoterica.pt>
> To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com>
> Date: Thursday, December 04, 1997 6:08 PM
> Subject: Re: degrees of openness
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> >Hi!
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> >Max More wrote:
> >>: > ... The list was created as a "safe haven" (founder
> >>: > Perry Metzger's words) for discussion amongst Extropians
> >>: > without having to pander to the differently-opinioned.
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> >Joao Pedro <jpnitya@mail.esoterica.pt> asks
> >>: Isn't a discussion an exchange of information and ideas?
> >>: How can you have a discussion in the first place without
> >>: different ideas and opinions?
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> May I add that without different ideas, without exchanges of view,
without
> disagreement, without a constant infusion of new thoughts, how can we
ever
> hope to accumulate and disseminate sufficient knowledge and information
to
> advance the cause of humankind ???
> AMG
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> >Anton Sherwood replied:
> >>How can two biologists exchange information about life in the
> >>Cambrian era, if they're constantly interrupted by biblical
> >>literalists saying there never was a Cambrian era?
> >>
> >>If we want to discuss our ideas with others who strongly disagree,
> >>there's a forum for that, too: it's called Usenet.
> >>(Look for me on dejanews)
> >
> >I agree 100%
> >
> >What I disagree is with your "argument" that because you have money you
are
> >an extropian and can join the list while I can't. The simple fact that
you
> >have money - 95$ - to spend makes you nothing better than anyone else in
> >discussing any issue in the world. And since basically that's what you
are
> >trying to do, I'm expressing my disagreement. All I said was as simple
as
> >that, I disagree with prejudices based on wealth! I disagree when you
say
> >that you are more "qualified" to discuss extropianism because you have
more
> >wealth!
> >
> >See ya,
> >
> >--
> > Hasta la vista...
> >
> >"Life's too short to cry, long enough to try." - Kai Hansen
> >Reason's Triumph at: http://homepage.esoterica.pt/~jpnitya/
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> >