From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Dec 27 2000 - 15:21:41 MST
I'd nominate the 5th of November as Guy Fawkes Day.
"Remember, remember, the fifth of November,
the Gunpowder Treason and Plot.
I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason
should ever be forgot."
Hm, looking this up online, I find that Guy Fawkes Day is already a
holiday in some places. I'm pleasantly surprised; you wouldn't think the
population at large would be that fond of anarchism.
I also nominate July 4th as Aliens Blow Up the White House Day. No, wait,
that's already a holiday too, isn't it? With all those fireworks? And
Newton's Birthday has a massive celebration already... maybe we don't need
a transhumanist calendar after all.
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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