Re: Rationalism vs. Nationalism (Was: War arguments)

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Jan 21 2003 - 21:07:15 MST


Damien Sullivan wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:53:45AM -0700, alexboko@umich.edu wrote:
>
>>In conclusion, all countries are at best a necessary (and temporary)
>>evil. There's no such thing as a "good" collective. We can use the not-as-bad
>>ones to destroy the really-bad ones, but ultimately they all have to
>>go. Institute regime change everywhere... to "None of the above."
>
> In conclusion, all bodies are at best a necessary (and temporary) evil.
> There's no such thing as a "good" collective. Free all eukaryotic cells from
> the tyranny of the brain!

You may think you're joking, but I wouldn't enslave my mitochondria if I
had a choice.

-- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence


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