On 9/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">hkhenson</b> <<a href="mailto:hkhenson@rogers.com">hkhenson@rogers.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
In short the model proposes evolved psychological mechanisms that<br>turn up the gain on the circulation of xenophobic memes when a<br>population group foresees a bleak future. The xenophobic memes (very<br>often of the religious meme class) serve to synch a group's warriors
<br>for an attack on neighbors. The model makes a number of predictions<br>about where wars are likely to happen and what side will start<br>them. It accounts for situations from the dying out of the IRA to<br>the intractable problems in the middle east.
<br></blockquote></div><br>where does the Singularity fall in the EP ratings for xenophobic memes? Are the singularitarians a type of intellectual warrior preparing for an exponentially fast approaching Great Unknown which lesser mortals are unable to see?
<br><br>Keith, I didn't comment earlier on your proclaimation to reverse your karma: Perhaps when you feel you have done an equal measure to oppose your humanitarian ideals of youth, you can go in another direction and simply plot a course to suit yourself. That may not sound very extropian, I know. I think I am suggesting something more Objectivist. Rather than working for or against the system, leave it to its own crapulence and work for yourself. I'm not saying you'll launch your own space elevator, but it'd be really sweet if you did.
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