Re: pagets

Chris Hind (bholat@earthlink.net)
Fri, 04 Oct 1996 14:57:22 -0700


At 13:13 10/1/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>In terms of creating smaller beings [for lack of a better word] with human
>intelligence, I am fairly sure that mankind would be able to control them if
>they were robotic [for example, as in Star Wars, okay, I know, a
>fictional tale, but restraining bolts are a good idea if we intend to
>'enslave' a human-intelligence 'species']-- or via some other means [such
>as in the Island of Dr. Moreau, using fear and pain as a controller]--
>The human species can be quite cruel and controlling, and we would find a
>way to control such a 'resource'.. and if we can't, THEN we'll try and
>erradicate it, and of course then we have the Paget scenario! ...

Also if you noticed in the movie the Island of Dr. Moreau they used religion
aka memes to make Dr. Moreau appear as their God.