[extropy-chat] (no subject)

[Olga Bourlin]

From: "The Avantguardian" <avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:44 AM
>
> --- Olga Bourlin <fauxever at sprynet.com> wrote:
>> And, yes ... what is it good for? Absolutely
>> nothing! :)
>
> That, like the physics of all else, depends on your
> point of view. To quote Seneca the Younger, "Religion
> is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise
> as false, and by rulers as useful." Christianity
> proved useful to both Constantine and Bush.

Oh, I brought those "absolutely nothing" words into the fray ... a reference 
to the old Bruce Springsteen song:

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing ...:
http://student.math.hr/~bruckler/war.txt

... not that I'm any kind of music expert or music listener.  I'm very 
susceptible to ear worms.  Even thinking about (not necessarily listening 
to) certain familiar popular songs gives me a bad case of ear worms:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm

Even avoiding music whenever I can ... the worms still manage to crawl in 
from time to time (as when the "absolutely nothing" words came to my mind).

Olga