Re: [OT] voting (was: Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications))
On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 02:25:18PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 at 21:13 GMT, csj penned:
> >>
> >> As usual, science fiction was here before. C.F., _The Songs of
> >> Distant Earth_ by Arthur C. Clarke.
> >
> > You do remember that the first generation colonists in the novel were
> > "manufactured" from gene samples and raised by machines that taught
> > them a sanitized version of human history and culture? They were
> > genetically and culturally engineered to be altruistic. So maybe our
> > best hope lies in breeding out our baser instincts.
> >
>
> Somehow, I doubt that "baser insticts" can be bred out, especially by
> just not teaching about them.
>
> That whole "those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it" line
> ...
>
>
given the consistency with which the old mistakes are repreated, i
seriously wonder if that adage holds true.
ben
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