From: Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Wed Jun 25 1997 - 06:35:59 MDT
At 03:03 PM 6/24/97 -0400, Mike wrote:
> Gelernter claims to be a prof of computer science at
>Yale fer gawd sakes
[big snip]
> whether neo-Luddites like Gelernter like it or not.
David Gelernter does not merely *claim to be* a professor of comp sci at
Yale, he *is* one, and a distinguished one at that. This does not enhance
the truth-value of his theological claims, of course.
I'm not sure that it's altogether appropriate to dub Gelernter a Luddite
when a large part of his hands was blown off by the Unabomber, who actually
is a Luddite.
Gelernter's classic book MIRROR WORLDS is well worth reading, BTW.
Damien Broderick
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