[extropy-chat] Article: "Laughter at people's fears"

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Bryan Moss <bryan.moss at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> Neil Halelamien wrote:
> 
> >http://www.slate.com/Default.aspx?id=2111204&
> >  
> >
> 
> I think I must be missing something. 

The author misrepresented the anti position with that emotional
reaction of the woman at the end. The scientists were not laughing at
people's fears, they were laughing at people's ignorance (like the
legislators who were ignorantly afraid of 'eating DNA'). The fear of
the luddites is primarily because of ignorance of biological facts, of
cellular metabolism and structure, and of how DNA works.

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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


	
		
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