I agree with J.R.Molloy.
Without biology, marriage looks quite ridiculous.
And with the new discoveries in genetics, evolutionary psychology, our
"Adapted Mind" (great book) and us being "Moral animals" (good one too),
even less.
D.
----- Original Message -----
From: J. R. Molloy <jr@shasta.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Marriage!
> > modeling after chemistry, are there any entities that are permanently
> > bound? if so, marriage is appropriate, else, no. of course, this is
> > all idealized and reduced.
> >
> > Andy
>
> Although not a chemist, I'd have to answer "no" -- there are not any.
> Organic chemistry is even more tenuous, of course. When transitional
> humans leave biology behind, they will (naturally) leave behind biological
> imperatives which prompt marriage.
> Without biology, marriage looks rather ridiculous.
>
> Stay hungry,
>
> --J. R.
> 3M TA3
>
> "It is enough that the people know there was an election.
> The people who cast the votes decide nothing.
> The people who count the votes decide everything." --Joseph Stalin
>
>
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