From: James (james@lab6.com)
Date: Sat Aug 02 2003 - 03:33:42 MDT
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 11:15:49PM -0400, p_chikara@hotmail.com wrote:
> I used the word "extropians" in a serious discussion recently and once again
> was reminded that extropians sound like goofy cultists.
> Not being able to find out why they were thinking that...
That's because extropians do sound like goofy cultists. That doesn't
mean extropians *are* goofy cultists. Most vaguely extropian discussion
will operate several future shock levels above what 'normal' 'outsiders'
are used to.
Every human pursuit has a scale of shock levels, jargon from some level
of which will invoke responses from the general public such as "Yeah,
whatever...", "Uh, right... <backs away slowly>", "You're crazy", "What
the hell are you talking about?", and so on. A discussion between
experts in any field has the potential to look like ridiculous word soup
to laymen, but unfortunately it's hard to tell the difference between
complex discourse and genuine cultist insanity.
-- James <james@lab6.com> <http://james.lab6.com>
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