From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Fri May 31 2002 - 18:36:25 MDT
"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
>
> How many ethnics does it take to change a lightbulb?
> A finite positive integer! One to change the lightbulb, and the rest to
> perform an activity characteristic of their ethnic group.
>
> I know, I know... as a non-ethnic, I'm not allowed to tell ethnic jokes.
You are ethnic, Eli, just a disavowed ethnic. As I recall, the idiots in
the jackboots didn't much care if you were atheist or not, it was your
parents ethnicity that matters to those who politic under the divide and
conquer rubric, though I bet you could confuse them with claims of being
an avowed and dutifully worshipping Singulatarian for a while... ;)
Oddly, I first thought you asked how many ethicists it took to change a
light bulb....
The question, of course, rests on just where or when the particular
ethicists believe that candescence begins....
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