Re: virus: Consciousness

John ''I Take Large Steps'' Williams (prefect@tricon.net)
Sun, 15 Jun 1997 09:38:50 -0400


At 01:04 PM 6/15/97 +0200, Chitren wrote:

>What about this "alternate history version" ....
[snip]
>Who's good and who's not ?

The winner makes the rules, eh? Reminds me of Hienlien's _Job_.

Actually, that makes a good tie with the "other" meaning of Lucifer (ie
"Lightbringer"), since it's a Prometheus-story, read that way.[1]

[1] In the OT, it is a snake, not Lucifer. I don't know how far back the
association between the snake and Satan goes, but the two are equated in
Milton, so the concept is at least a few hundred years old.

-- John

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