From: Jef Allbright (jef@jefallbright.net)
Date: Thu Feb 06 2003 - 22:19:05 MST
I see from the excerpt below that my paraphrasing of Lee's assertion was
inadequate and insensitive. I'm sorry I put Lee in the position of having
to defend his original thoughts due to my very poor paraphrasing.
- Jef
Lee Corbin wrote:
> I was referred to as saying
>
>>> On this basis, I strongly disagree with Lee's assertion that the
>>> life of an 85-year old is less valuable than that of a 15-year old.
>>> In extropic terms, I think carrying on the 85 year-old knowledge
>>> base (given the means to do that) is much more valuable. In
>>> evolutionary-based terms, of course, it feels right to value the
>>> 15-year old who can better carry on the genetic legacy.
>
> Firstly, I think that practically everyone on this list agrees
> that it's inappropriate to speak of "valuing" others in any
> objective or societal sense. A huge and mostly wasted discussion
> revolved last summer about the "lifeboat question", namely,
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