From: Randy Smith (randysmith101@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 17:16:39 MST
>From: Max More <max@maxmore.com>
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>To: extropians@extropy.org
>CC: exi-la@extropy.org, exi-bay@extropy.org, exi-east@extropy.org,
>ExI-Community@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Church of Extropy April Fool's message
>Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 14:59:51 -0800
>
>Before I leave for a trip for a day or two, I want to be sure that
>yesterday's April Fool's gag is clear to all.
>
>The Church of Extropy post that appeared apparently from me on April 1 was
>a fake. It also was *not* from me, but from Lee Daniel Crocker. If you
>examine the headers you can see the "piclab" domain that LDC uses. LDC said
>he would fess up today, but I want to be sure that any confusion is
>dispersed before I leave.
>
>A good gag, I thought, so I kept quiet for April 1.
>
>I was a bit disturbed by the number of people thinking this was a *good
>idea*! To those folks -- please read the Extropian Principles to see why
>extropian ideas are utterly unsuited to a religion.
>
>I highly approve of April Fool's as a cultural institution. It shows why
>critical thinking is important. And it shows that you have to be a wee bit
>cautious in assuming that an email is from who it appears to be from.
>
Right does not make might, necessarily. Sometimes, numerical superiority
make might....
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