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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree. And I even say that we'd have the
obligation to help if we were able to. The prime directive is BS.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:45
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [extropy-chat] Prime
Directive</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Henrique,</DIV>
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<DIV>I just don't really agree with the philosophy behind the fictional Prime
Directive. I agree with what Brian Atkins wrote on the subject. "We" are
constantly using (or at least attempting to use) our growing technology and
knowledge to help millions of suffering people (and even a couple animal
species) around the globe today. And I think that the majority of people
on and off this list are in full support of that end-goal. Assuming a
desire to be kind and having the resources available, it just seems
inconsistent to me to arbitrarily refuse to help/uplift an extra-solar
civilization based on the criterion that they are located 150 light-years
away instead of 10,000 Kilometers away (for example a third-world
country on our own planet's surface).</DIV>
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<DIV>Best Wishes,</DIV>
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<DIV>Jeffrey Herrlich <BR><BR><B><I>"Henrique
Moraes Machado (oplnk)" <hemm@openlink.com.br></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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Original Message ----- <BR>From: A B<BR>To: ExI chat list<BR>Sent: Saturday,
October 21, 2006 2:14 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] The Drake Equation
and Spatial Proximity<BR><BR>(...)<BR>Personally, I generally don't agree
with the Prime Directive as it has been <BR>portrayed in ST.
;-)<BR>(...)<BR><BR>Can you elaborate on
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