From: Ira Brodsky (ibrodsky@ix22.ix.netcom.com)
Date: Tue Nov 19 1996 - 11:57:40 MST
Stephen De Vries wrote:
>> Ira: <I am not ready to rule out the possibility that, by doing so, we
>>will one
>> day rule the universe.>
>>
>> Rule the universe to what end?
>
>To survive. And survival is an end in itself. Survival can be the
>only ethic in this universe.
What a grim universe it must be -- where the purpose of life is survival
and survival is the only ethic.
BTW, you wouldn't happen to be a survivalist? <g>
Hopefully, there are purposes more noble than mere survival. And yes,
sometimes it is more noble *not* to survive. But let's hope technological
progress will render that unnecessary.
Ira Brodsky
Datacomm Research Company
Wilmette, Illinois
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