From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Thu Mar 20 2003 - 19:44:30 MST
> Mike, I wont get into the political side of this in detail. All I will ask
is does the forwarding of this list
> increase extropy? I would imagine your answer may depend on your
political view of the French actions. This is
> the point that interests me, how one person may see an action or subject
as extropic. Where another may not.
> I am trying to get to the bottom of what 'Extropic" really means and how
its interpretation can be skewed by other
> factors.
>
> Alex
It seems clear to me that Extropic is definitely in the eye of the beholder.
This is an individualist philosophy that we are refering to; the
interpretation of individuals must be paramount. Post-modernists might
mutter something under their breaths about "multiplicity of discourse"; I'd
simply say that each person is free to interpret Extropianism as he/she sees
fit.
Of course, that doesn't stop that anyone from being a stupid plonker (in the
eyes of other individuals). But extropy is not the negative of the
thermodynamic concept of entropy, and thus universal; it is a personal
philosophy. While I may think that extropians should interpret the
principles in a particular way, and you may think the same thing (although
our particular definitions of extropy may differ), that doesn't make it so
for anyone else.
There is a unifying factor, which is rationality; it's in the principles.
Might I humbly propose that we all take a few minutes to have a look at the
principles today, read them and think about them just for a few minutes, and
reflect on their relationship to our own recent posts? Leave aside
consideration of other people's posts, no matter how vile you might consider
them; just consider your own recent posting, in the light of the principles,
and your own, hopefully somewhat internally consistent, interpretation of
their meaning.
For my part, I don't think that I can usefully post anything related to the
current war for quite a while. Somehow all discussions turn to irrational
crap, and end up being far worse than useless (imo). I know it's an
important issue, I really do, and I feel really strongly about it. But, as
objectively as I can, I have determined that there is just no point to
further postings in regard of it, at least for the time being.
Emlyn
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