From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Thu Dec 12 2002 - 09:41:32 MST
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> This topic came up at the most recent Transhuman Atlanta, during a
> discussion of whether the Santa Claus legend...
[snip]
> This year, tell your little children about the Fairy of Doubt, who brings
> presents only to those children who don't believe in him;
[snip]
If you do this with the legend of Santa Claus I'm going to get
really concerned about how you handle Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
And then of course there is Mickey and the Krell machine.
Some fairy tales are best left untouched.
Robert
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