[extropy-chat] Re: Where have you been?

[Dan Clemmensen]

Ian Goddard wrote:

>"spike" <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>Ian Goddard!  Man where have you been pal?  We missed
>>you several years ago, we were worried about
>>you.  {8-]  I used to read your blog, but lost track
>>of it somehow.  Welcome back, long time.  spike
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> Thanks for the kind greeting spike! Yeah, I've been off 
>list for several years, apart from popping in once in '01 to 
>post a link to my caloric-restriction report. The list can 
>get so voluminous it's hard to handle. Last night it 
>occurred to me to check it out and I saw the thread on SA 
>and wanted to add a few comments. Despite their critical 
>nature I'm drawn to the universe-as-computer-generated-
>program hypothesis for several reasons, but I'm kicking the 
>tires and looking for a failure mode before I place a bet.
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> A few years ago I went back to school and that's what I've 
>been busy doing for the most part, studying philosophy 
>(along with sundry periphery requirements). This semester I 
>switched my major to computer science, which surprisingly I 
>could still do at this point without setting myself back too 
>much. I'd always get this uneasy unreal feeling about 
>majoring in philosophy, especially at the beginning of a 
>semester... yes, I love the topic, and yes, I want to learn 
>more and more about it, but is it practical? Is anyone going 
>to pay me to know these things? Maybe yes, maybe no... Maybe 
>I need to find the path to channel what I like the most 
>about phil into some area of applied science wherein I can 
>learn tools to pursue my philosophical curiosities AND at 
>the same time work toward a degree with more market value.
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I think I just made a fool of myself.

Hi Ian! Glad to hear from you!

I just posted a response to your comment in which I included a lot
of philosophical claptrap, just as if I knew what I was talking about,
BEFORE reading your post quoted above.

Please feel free to make actual informed comments on my
previous post. My last formal exposure to philosophy was when
I audited a course at the University of Tennessee in 1969.