[ExI] Gender-Neutral Side Note

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, 8 November, 2025 5:24 AM
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Cc: Ben Zaiboc <ben at zaiboc.net>; spike at rainier66.com
Subject: Re: [ExI] Gender-Neutral Side Note

 

On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

> I have heard the argument since I was a child that Columbus (intentionally or otherwise) underestimated the circumference of the earth.  But being a highly skilled sailor, I haven’t found that notion convincing.

 

>…Even after 14 years and 4 separate transatlantic voyages, on the day he died Christopher Columbus STILL insisted that he had gone to India and had not found a new continent….

 

Ja, but until someone sailed around the Americas to the south, they would have no way of knowing that wasn’t all one big continent.

 

 > He was the Elon Musk of his day.

 

>…I'm not sure that's as big a compliment as you think it is.   John K Clark

 

I completely understand there are those (even in the USA) who do not like Musk, but it isn’t clear to me why.  Because of him we have Tesla, Space X and TwitterX, all of which are American companies, bringing billions into the treasury and employing huge armies of people.  This is a good thing, ja?

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

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