From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Sat Apr 12 2003 - 18:42:59 MDT
[ This thread is definitely eggstropian, as Spike would say ]
Nick Bostrom:
Given that we observe the chicken crossing the road, we can deduce from
the Doomsday argument that there are not very many chickens, since
otherwise we would have a high likeliehood of being chickens ourselves.
Some other IMHO >H vesions plucked from
http://www.univox.com/writer/chicken.html
Ayn Rand:
A chicken's first duty is to itself. And only by living for itself is it
able to achieve the things which are the glory of chickenkind. Such is
the nature of achievement.
Machiavelli:
So that its subjects will view it with admiration, as a chicken which
has the daring and courage to boldly cross the road, but also with fear,
for whom among them has the strength to contend with such a paragon of
avian virtue? In such a manner is the princely chicken's dominion
maintained.
Epicuros:
For fun.
My conclusion so far is that the great mambo chicken is going to meet
the transrodents on the other side.
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