From: Geoff Tillman (geoff_tillman@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jan 15 2001 - 21:17:00 MST
Ahh
The betas were administrators weren't they? With Alpha's
being the intellectuals. With gamma'a delta's and epsilons
being the "proletariat?
--- Chuck Kuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net> wrote:
> At 03:39 PM 1/15/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >It has been a while since I have read "Brave New World"
> but I
> >had the impression that the Alpha's and Betas were
> engineered
> >for thier positions as much as the Gamma',Delta's and
> >epsilons.
>
> The distinction was one of prenatal conditioning. Alphas
> were essentially
> "natural borns" bred for intelligence and other desirable
> features. Betas
> and below were treated to split the developing egg into
> twins (Betas) or
> more "clones", and were treated with alcohol to dull the
> intellect. Betas
> got just a touch of alky, the lower classes got more and
> more. More
> emphasis on subliminal indoctrination than "engineering"...
>
> Chuck Kuecker
>
>
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