[extropy-chat] Edge: Thank Goodness! By Daniel C. Dennett

[Robert Bradbury]

On 11/4/06, Ensel Sharon <user at dhp.com> wrote:

> Further, this notion that we are at the "end of history" or the "end of
> science" and therefore can make broad statements (as you did above) about
> "wrong beliefs" is absurd.  Even a cursory study of history shows that
> every people attach the same importance to their current understanding of
> the world, and the next generation always looks back with a smile.  Our
> generation will _not be any different_.


Yes, but for the first time in human history, the "next generation" may be
us!  We are potentially the first who will have to deal with self-criticism
over and over and over again.

R.
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