From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sat Jun 08 2002 - 01:58:24 MDT
Lee Corbin wrote:
> Reading between the lines, one sees pure Extropianism
> at work. There is a huge universe out there (in this
> case the Natural Numbers), and unlike most mathematicians,
> Spike is not content with narrowly focusing on The Next
> Natural Number in the typical anal way mathematicians
> usually work. He is quite happy to skip vast, vast
> numbers of integers in the quest for the best almost
> perfect odd number he can find, never looking back.
>
This betrays a singular lack of understanding of how
mathematicians work!
> This is a model for the way that we want to explode
> into the future. Another metaphor: we should colonize
> every star in the galaxy at about the same time, none
> of this "picking only the closest and going one by one".
>
What on earth (or off it) for? This is pure male ego speaking.
There is utterly no need to colonize every star in the galaxy.
We haven't even begun to master ourselves or even get off of
this little planet for chrissake. I think we need to grow up -
a lot - before we think seriously about colonizing every star in
the galaxy.
- samantha
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