From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Tue Dec 25 2001 - 12:33:58 MST
From: "Chen Yixiong, Eric" <cyixiong@yahoo.com>
> It has often been said that the true causes of terrorism are oppression, bad
foreign policy, and secrecy, rather than privacy.
It has been said less often, but IMO with more accuracy, that the true causes
of terrorism are jealousy, envy, and hate. Obviously secrecy is necessary in
the planning stages, and privacy allows for secrecy. As for oppression and bad
foreign policy, nothing is more oppressive than terrorism, and nothing
constitutes worse foreign policy.
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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, SETI
We move into a better future in proportion as science displaces superstition.
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