From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Tue May 27 2003 - 11:57:40 MDT
> (Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>):
> Anders Sandberg wrote,
> > I think where we can really shine is in applying our own unique outlooks
> > to problems and come up with really new solutions (which we then better
> > promote). Dealing with SARS is best left to the epidemologists and
> > virologists - we can think of innovative ways of handling the next
> > pandemic or how such prevention could be combined with internet
> > institutions or whatever.
>
> I hate to ask this, but are many of us capable of doing this? Anders is an
> obvious exception, as are a few others. But most people on this list are
> arm-chair quarterbacks. The average participant in this group has little
> expertise in extro-tech, and will likely never be more than a cheering
> section or fan club. I wonder how many on this list are actually experts
> working in their field creating solutions as you describe.
Since when does it take an "expert" to accomplish anything? History
is full of discoveries and advances made by dilletantes and "fans".
Indeed, "experts" in a field tend to have blinders that prevent them
from seeing solutions that are outside of their training and experience.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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