From: Randy Smith (randysmith101@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 30 2000 - 12:47:08 MST
Wow. Tremendous post. What a perfect example of eactly what we are up
against.
> Though I admire the depth of vision and imaginative genius on display in
>this work I have many problems with its philosophical underpinnings.
>Broderick, and the scientists he discusses, seem to have little conception
>of old age and death as necessary parts of the human life cycle.
I am stunned almost speechless by the depth of the gulf between his thinking
and ours. When I hear someone who is apparently educated and well-read make
this statement, and realize that the vast majority of humans share his
viewpoint, I wonder if we have any real chance to win them over, ever.
Perhaps the old saying about how new ideas win acceptance--the holders of
the idea paradigm simply die out, leaving the field open for the new
--is completely correct.
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