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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Will Steinberg<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 16, 2017 1:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Forbidden Words<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Spike,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…Regardless of any value judgment on Hillary Clinton's scruples or corruption (for what it's worth, I think she is indeed corrupt and did indeed do much of the bad stuff she has been accused of,) could I kindly ask:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…What the fuck does Hillary Clinton's treatment of classified files have to do with the topic of this email?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…You're a proponent of logic, I assume? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…Try to use it...not to be critical but, can we keep away from the non-sequiturs? Isn't that the kind of thing JKC bugged us all with during the election? Unless you're making some kind of oblique joke at John. Not sure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Will,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Criticism noted and deserved, my apologies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But not for non-sequiturs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A marvelous feature of Exi-Chat is the chaotic formation of ideas that occurs here, often based on misunderstandings of the original intent of the author. Recently Jeff Davis and I coinvented a concept for an aerospace system based on my misunderstanding of an idea he posted. A misunderstanding of an idea about prime numbers, posted to this forum in 1998 led to a non-sequitur and a second misunderstanding by Hal Finney, which may have led to… BitCoin. BitCoin resulted in Jeff Davis’ recent good fortune, which empowered him to propose to me a crazy notion, which led to our co-invention of this system.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The whole thing reminds me of that excellent James Burke TV series Connections.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I see the freeform unrestrained and mostly unmoderated nature of ExI-chat as the source of its rich weirdness and enduring strength.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regarding posts with political content: whether we like it or not, Americans must face the persistent consequences of what happened in 2015 and 2016. I agree this is not a proper forum for that. But that discussion is likely to continue for a generation and beyond.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>