From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sat Jun 08 2002 - 03:00:47 MDT
At 01:14 AM 6/8/02 -0700, Samantha wrote:
>frankly when I found
>I was as bright, statistically speaking, as I am I found it very
>humbling and a more than a little depressing. I had hoped there
>were a lot more people very significantly brighter than I to
>tackle the mess and its manifold potentials I saw even back
>then.
Terrifying, isn't it? That's the existential-angst downside of the
comforting high-IQ gunslinger moods. As I commented a while back, there
still aren't any true Brights (*pace*, Eliezer), just us Tweens, drat it.
[a reference to Mark Clifton's classic short story `Star, Bright'.]
>Well, there aren't a lot of people besides us to do the
>work. So I suggest we roll up our sleeves.
Ain't it the truth? Well, my little bit for the day was a >humanist review
of Fukuyama's new book in this weekend's national Aussie newspaper, which
might help a teeny tad to offset the damage of those who already regard
themselves as Bright But Humble Renouncers.
Damien Broderick
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