From: Joao Pedro de Magalhaes (joao.magalhaes@fundp.ac.be)
Date: Sat Jul 01 2000 - 06:21:30 MDT
Hi!
>OK, I know the Nazis were into it big time, and they weren't cool dudes.
>But is wanting to improve the stock a bad thing? I have a feeling that I'm
>"preaching to the choir" when I say on this list that it seems like a good
>thing to want to make humans as perfect as possible. But it seems like
>virtually everywhere else, the E word is as bad as the N word. Why is that?
A nice quote on the subject: "Aversion to an idea, simply because of its
long association with crackpots, gives crackpots altogether too much
influence." ‹ G. David Brin.
Hasta.
--- Joao Pedro de Magalhaes The University of Namur (FUNDP) Unit of Cellular Biochemistry & Biology Rue de Bruxelles, 61 B-5000 Namur BELGIUM Fax: + 32 81 724135 Phone: + 32 81 724133 Reason's Triumph: http://users.compaqnet.be/jpnitya/
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