[extropy-chat] Help! I'm not ready for reality! (was the 7 cents thread)

[Jack Parkinson]

From: "Joseph Bloch" <transhumanist at goldenfuture.net> wrote:
To: "Jack Parkinson" <isthatyoujack at icqmail.com>; "ExI chat list" 
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Help! I'm not ready for reality! (was the 7 
cents thread)


> Jack Parkinson wrote:
>
>> A mind that is resolutely closed to new ideas is already a good way along 
>> the road to fossilization.
>> If you are not prepared to listen and consider, there's not much left for 
>> you to do except to hang onto that belief system and hope that it serves 
>> you well.
>
>
> So... what did you think of tonight's "O'Reilly Factor"?
>
> Given your statements, I am sure you are an avid Fox New Channel viewer, 
> if only to "listen and consider" to an opposing point of view, right?
>
> Joseph

I'll admit to being a bit of a news junkie... Unforunately my geographical 
location (currently Fujian Province, South-East China) precludes my watching 
O'Reilly. I see some BBC and CNN here otherwise my news comes via RSS or 
podcast from various news organisations around the world.
Jack Parkinson