[extropy-chat] Re: Fwd: Manditory draft for your child?

Hal Finney hal at finney.org
Fri Oct 1 17:37:23 UTC 2004


Trend Ologist writes:
> Okay, okay, you and Hal and all the rest have it all
> figured out, and sneaky crypto-pinko cowards like me
> are infected with the socialist-liberal mind virus.
> Now it is all clear.

I think you have missed the point of my comment.  It was not directed
towards you or towards any political position in particular.  We are all
vulnerable to the temptation to force our thoughts into conformance with
an overriding ideology.  Conservatives, liberals, republicans, democrats,
libertarians, socialists, even extropians, all adherents to a system of
beliefs are at risk.

Objectively, how likely is it that a popular ideology would be so
perfectly attuned with your own mind's opinions that you would agree
with it in every respect?  Given the tremendous variation in our
individual natures and experiences, the chances are really very low.
And yet so often we find ourselves unconciously adopting certain views
simply because they are part of some ideological package.

Hal



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