Re: Chemicals in Sweden guilty until proven innocent

From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Thu Dec 14 2000 - 17:55:46 MST


Hmmm, kind of like... G**** <sudden noise obliterates the word> <Joe
Dees and Mike Lorrey scuffle and vituperate> <temporary silence
prevails> <lather (or is that "foam"?), rinse, repeat>.

"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
> At the other end, all new technology is
> banned until it is known to be perfectly safe at the end of infinite
> time. Historically, political bodies have almost always made the error of
> trying to ban too much technology, rather than banning too little. We
> are, therefore, always extremely suspicious of efforts to regulate
> technology further.
>
> -- -- -- -- --
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
> Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence



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