From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Wed Sep 19 2001 - 16:17:49 MDT
Extropian principlesFrom: Smigrodzki, Rafal
<<Precisely because a war is threatening to explode, moral principles are even
more important to guide our behaviour when unrecoverable lives can much easier
lost than in peacetime.>>
Wrong. "Moral principles" are exactly what combatants hide behind to justify
their grab for territory and resources. Morality derives from biology.
See: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98apr/biomoral.htm
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Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego, human values, scientific relinquishment
We won't move into a better future until we debunk religiosity, the most
regressive force now operating in society.
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