At 15:58 17/09/01, you wrote:
>"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > > At this point we should abundantly realize that we don't know what the
> > > fuck we're talking about, with the possible exception of some amateur
> > > analysts and veterans of military campagnes. Trying to make informed
> > > decisions in the face of such background ignorance is absolutely futile.
> >
> > That's why I've been talking about minds as opposed to MEMS surveillance
> > devices; my specialty is the former.
>
>I agree. All of us can contribute to the safety and security of our own
>neighborhood, just by keeping an eye out for ourselves and our
>neighbors. Even if you have no applicable skills everyone has senses
>honed from millions of years of evolution and can be adept at detecting
>things out of the ordinary. I understand, for example, that human can
>detect even a one millimeter difference in symmetry between the left and
>right sides of another's face.
Is there a big danger from asymmetrically faced terrorists at the moment. :)
Zebster
"FURIOUS GREEN DREAMS, LAY SLEEPING IN STATE,
BUT SOON THE GREAT JELLY SHALL RISE FROM THE
DEPTHS,
AND ALL THOSE WHO MOCKED SHALL KNOW THEIR FATE
IS SEALED"
Guru Zeb,
Hacienda,
Manchester, 1989
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