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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">> PZ Myers is prone to sophomoric ad hominems. But what really turns me<br style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; ">> off about PZ's pieces is that he employs a kind of narcissistic,<br style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; ">> supercilious writing style when - judging from his writing - he would<br style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; ">> do well to consider being more humble. ;))<br style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; ">> <br style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; ">> Olga<div style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; "><div style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; "></div><div style="line-height: 17px; ">Like Mark Twain, who didn't really need the humility but used it to his advantage. Humility combined with subtle sarcasm can be a devastating critical tool. Especially when, if used properly, one can't always distinguish readily between the two.</div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; "></div><div style="line-height: 17px; ">Darren</div></div></span><br><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt"><pre>'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.</pre><pre>-Alfred Lord Tennyson</pre></span></span></font><br><br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:19:51 -0700<br>> From: olga.bourlin@gmail.com<br>> To: extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<br>> Subject: Re: [ExI] Fwd: [Body Hacking] Reverse-Engineering of Human Brain Likely by 2030, Expert Predicts<br>> <br>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:04 PM, darren shawn greer<br>> <dgreer_68@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> Yeah, Kurzweil's way off mark. See here:<br>> >> http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/ray_kurzweil_does_not_understa.php<br>> ><br>> > Awesome article. My favorite is when he calls him a pseudo-scientific dingbat. Not that I'm qualified to judge, but I like the mix of confidence and alliteration.<br>> <br>> PZ Myers is prone to sophomoric ad hominems. But what really turns me<br>> off about PZ's pieces is that he employs a kind of narcissistic,<br>> supercilious writing style when - judging from his writing - he would<br>> do well to consider being more humble. ;))<br>> <br>> Olga<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> extropy-chat mailing list<br>> extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<br>> http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat<br> </body>
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