[extropy-chat] HISTORY: Solv... Open the pod door pls Hal

[Brett Paatsch]

[forked thread as this interjection is off-topic]

Hal Finney writes:

> I believe (sic) that ordinary air, if compressed within the lungs,
> will dissolve to a greater degree in the blood, so the bends are
> possible even if you don't breathe compressed air.

Why do you use the word *believe* here Hal instead of a clear
alternative? Indeed why do you proclaim you *believe* anything?
Is your use of the word *belief* an example of an otherwise good
brain farting? Did you get infected by the *belief* meme one day
when your resistance was down and have you been carrying it around
propagating it unconsciously like a memetic Hep. C virus or do you in
fact think it is the best way of expressing exactly what you wanted to
say? Open the pod door please Hal - to consider your use of the
*belief* word and thereby propagating it, and to let the stink out.

Regards - for you but not for brain-farting,
Brett