From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sat Nov 10 2001 - 20:28:35 MST
From: "Anders Sandberg" <asa@nada.kth.se>
> I have noticed how many Americans simply don't understand and can't
> notice when their reality doesn't fit the reality of the rest of the
> world.
"Most outsiders can't handle America, so they wind up back in Blaseville,
Eurasia, badmouthing the US for the rest of their lives. In reality, most of
the people who run down America have never been there. And if they ever went,
we would destroy them in eight minutes. People hate America because that's
where the action is, and they know it's passing them by. Most of the decisions
that control poeple's lives are made in the USA. Not in Geneva, not in Berlin,
no on the Champs Elysee. In America! L. A. and New Yawk. People can't handle
that. Pisses 'em off. Screw 'em!"
--Alligator Grundy
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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, malevolent AI,
non-sensory experience
We move into a better future in proportion as science displaces superstition.
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