From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu May 20 1999 - 09:19:11 MDT
The Star Wars world isn't anti-extropian, but it is not a rational
place either. It is really the land of myths but with starships. And
in myths wishing can work; rational planning doesn't fit in the
mythical framework (other than as abbreviated as "he was a wise king"
or instances of cleverness a la Odysseus) while "go with your
feelings" fit in well since myths deal very much with our feelings and
feelings of meaning. In the Star Wars world there is no real progress
or change, just history. It is a kind of dreamtime.
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