Re: SETI sci.astro.seti newsgroup created

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Nov 02 1999 - 17:08:54 MST


"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:
>
> It depends on the purpose of an individual's belief and/or the purpose of
> the religion. If you want to believe in [...]
> If you want to believe in [...]
> If you want to believe in [...]
> If you want to believe [...]

Gaack! Bleah! Ptooey! I hope you were being sarcastic.

> You can also view religions as being quite valid if the local ET/SIs
> who set up our game as an experiment have a really sick sense of humor.

Or if the Power has persistent motives created by a reigning theocracy.

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