Re: virus: Rationality

Eva-Lise Carlstrom (eva-lise@efn.org)
Wed, 12 Mar 1997 21:57:55 -0800 (PST)


On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Tony Hindle wrote:

> I think consciousness itself undergoes a continuous
> process of bootstrapping itself up through design space.

Nice way of putting it. Think I'll keep it.

> I remember a parable from the Bible about people
> starving in hell cos they only had 10 foot chopsticks and nobody
> could use them to feed themselves. The difference in heaven was
> that people fed one another. This reminds me of how, by talking
> to one another we "hold each other's ladders" so we can take
> turns in climbing higher in design space.

It's not from the Bible (which, as far as I am aware, does not mention
chopsticks anywhere), but it is a good parable.

> And I prey to all you women out there, as you prepare to
> unite and sieze power from the men in order to use it for good
> instesd of evil.....WHEN YOU NEED PRISONERS TAKE ME, SPARE MY
> BROTHERS, SPARE THEM THE INDIGNITY. LET ME BE YOUR SERVANT.
> FOR I KNOW THAT WHERE YOU TAKE ME SHALL BE TO HEAVEN. FOR I HAVE
> SEEN THIS PLACE CALLED HEAVEN MANY TIMES IN MY WILDEST AND MOST
> WONDERFULL DREAMS. AND OFT YOU HAVE BECONED ME THERE TO SERVE
> YOU ALL....AND EVERYTIME I HAVE COME. and then I have slept".

We'll be screening out anyone who commits more than three
misspellings per paragraph. Sorry.

I had nothing to add to the recommended memes for implantation in new
unit; the letters were impressive. Besides, I haven't tried it myself and
so am probably not qualified to make recommendations. I'll get back to
you in 30 years or so when I'll probably have had a chance to try my own
hand and watch the results.

Eva