From: Pat Hardy (pathardy@pythagoras.org)
Date: Fri Aug 23 1996 - 20:45:33 MDT
N.Bostrom@lse.ac.uk wrote,
> I have always liked the uncompromisingly objective way of
> thinking and speaking: the more counterintuitive and
> repugnant a formulation, the more it appeals to me given
> that it is logically correct. Take for example the following
> sentence:
>
> Blacks are more stupid than whites.
>
> I like that sentence and think it is true. But recently I
> have begun to believe that I won't have much success with
> most people if I speak like that
Do you think this fondness for, ah, 'uncompromising objectivity' might be
related to the difficulties we Extropians encounter in introducing and
disseminating our memes?
;^)
Patty A. Hardy, '76
member, Black Alumni/ae of MIT (SF Bay chapter)
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