On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 23:14:16 -0700 Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 05:40:32AM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 02:25:18PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > > > On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 at 21:13 GMT, csj penned: > > > >> > > > >> As usual, science fiction was here before. C.F., _The Songs of > > > >> Distant Earth_ by Arthur C. Clarke. > > > > > > > > You do remember that the first generation colonists in the novel > > > > were"manufactured" from gene samples and raised by machines that > > > > taught them a sanitized version of human history and culture? > > > > They were genetically and culturally engineered to be > > > > altruistic. So maybe our best hope lies in breeding out our > > > > baser instincts. > > > > > > > > > > Somehow, I doubt that "baser insticts" can be bred out, especially > > > by just not teaching about them. > > > > > > That whole "those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it" > > > line... > > > > > > > > given the consistency with which the old mistakes are repreated, i > > seriously wonder if that adage holds true. > > > > I have another thought. This, and my last post, and lots of other > stuff of this nature, should really not be here. I'm subscribing to > debian-curiosa. I think everyone who want to talk about 'the meaning > of life', or other OT things should either move there, or post a > message there as to where they are moving. Its fun, but lets not do > it here. > > -- > Paul E Condon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Seconded. See you there. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
