From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Fri Sep 10 1999 - 14:14:41 MDT
Joseph C Fineman wrote,
>H. G. Wells wrote a story called "The Country of the Blind", in which
>a traveler happened on an isolated valley that was inhabited entirely
>by blind people. He settled among them, but eventually they
>discovered that he was suffering from delusions that, on
>investigation, turned out to be connected with his eyes. That
>discovery allowed them to effect a cure.
The number of delusions cured in school vastly exceeds cases of blindness
cured in hospital.
>As one of the characters in _Distress_ sagely observed, the definition
>of health is a political question.
The definition of politics is a health question. (Extropians cure this
contagious disease in proportion as they achieve extropic goals.) EOM
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