From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Thu Feb 25 1999 - 08:25:23 MST
From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
>You know, you're right. There is absolutely no reason to believe
>that the philosophy of "I'm right and I can impose my views on
>everyone else" has any cause-and-effect relationship to the
>Spanish Inquisition. It's just a coincidence. Have you
>considered work in the tobacco industry?
Anyone with half a brain has known how dangerous smoking tobacco is
for over thirty years. No one has held a gun to their heads. Yet if
they wish to smoke, fine, if they wish to sue the tobacco companies
for their lack of will power I say no way.
Personnel responsibility.
Brian
Member, Extropy Institute
www.extropy.org
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