[extropy-chat] Re: ASTRO: Defining 'planet'

[Harvey Newstrom]

On Aug 9, 2005, at 12:11 AM, spike wrote:

>> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
>> Subject: [extropy-chat] Re: ASTRO: Defining 'planet'
>>
>> mail at harveynewstrom.com wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree totally.  I even wish we didn't distinguish between stars, 
>>> moons
>>> and planets...
>>
>> I have no idea if you're joking, but either way, this is such a 
>> wonderful
>> post.
>>
>> --
>> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
>
> YES!  We are becoming all politics all the time.

I am still tempted to ban politics.  Not because they are left or 
right.  But because they are past and present.  Why don't we talk about 
the future for a while?

> Politics is the Ned Flanders of extropianism.
> Do let us cool that for a while, shall we?  Note that
> we are not booting anything anywhere, just asking for
> something else for a few days.  Anything else.  Please.

Harv says:  "When you want to talk about the future, current events are 
spam."

--
Harvey Newstrom <HarveyNewstrom.com>
CISSP CISA CISM CIFI NSA-IAM GSEC ISSAP ISSMP ISSPCS IBMCP

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/pkcs7-signature
Size: 2375 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20050809/de9d1069/attachment.bin>