[extropy-chat] Mature rationality

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Paul Bridger <paul.bridger at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Mike Lorrey
> <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > If everybody followed eliezers rules, nobody would ever bet against
> >the house... what a FUN world THAT would be, eh?
> 
> I agree that it's great that there are (other) people who bet against
> the house, but I don't really think losing is fun.

Never counted cards, eh?

> 
> Chris Hibbert:
> >But here, he seems to be saying that there is no
> >rationale for times when you are doing things other than thinking
> >about and acting on the truth.
> >The part that seems hyperbolic is that this eschews time for
> relaxation, time for fiction, time for art.
> 
> It's rational to relax when you need it. Just don't expect any work
> to be completed while you read fiction.

That isn't the issue at hand.

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Mike Lorrey
Chairman, Free Town Land Development
"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) 
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Mike Lorrey
Chairman, Free Town Land Development
"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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