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Author: GatherNoMossGatherNoMoss Date: Oct 15, 2007 21:24
Now I ask....why would anyone build a "missle defense system" facing
AWAY FROM THE PLANET ??!!
Alien attack my friends !!
Note Tom Cruise building a bunker in his backyard because of an
anticipated attack by
the galactic ruler 'Xenu'.
What can we do ?
Personally, when the shooting starts I plan on going to Kentucky and
holeing up in a cave.
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Author: Ian ParkerIan Parker Date: Oct 16, 2007 17:38
On 15 Oct, 20:24, GatherNoMoss yahoo.com> wrote:> Now I ask....why would anyone build a "missle defense system" facing
> AWAY FROM THE PLANET ??!!
>
> Alien attack my friends !!
No a million mobile phones. The dark side of the Moon is very quiert
and that is its attraction.
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> Note Tom Cruise building a bunker in his backyard because of an
> anticipated attack by
> the galactic ruler 'Xenu'.
>
> What can we do ?
Nothing. All ET would ever need to do is install strong AI on the Web
and he could then get us to do whatever he wanted, and elect whoever
he wanted.
>
> Personally, when the shooting starts I plan on going to Kentucky and
> holeing up in a cave.
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Author: Ian ParkerIan Parker Date: Oct 16, 2007 20:41
On 15 Oct, 20:24, GatherNoMoss yahoo.com> wrote:> Now I ask....why would anyone build a "missle defense system" facing
> AWAY FROM THE PLANET ??!!
>
> Alien attack my friends !!
Nonsense, it is to get vaway from the mush of a million or so mobile
phones. The dark side of the Moon is exceptionally quiert.
There is an alternative site and that is to go right out and make your
radiotelescope orbit the Sun directly.
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> Note Tom Cruise building a bunker in his backyard because of an
> anticipated attack by
> the galactic ruler 'Xenu'.
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> What can we do ?
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Author: Fred J. McCallFred J. McCall Date: Oct 17, 2007 03:49
Ian Parker gmail.com> wrote:
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:Nothing. All ET would ever need to do is install strong AI on the Web
:and he could then get us to do whatever he wanted, and elect whoever
:he wanted.
:
This is stupid even for you, Ian...
--
"Ordinarily he is insane. But he has lucid moments when he is
only stupid."
-- Heinrich Heine
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Author: Ian ParkerIan Parker Date: Oct 18, 2007 14:20
On 17 Oct, 02:49, Fred J. McCall earthlink.net> wrote:> Ian Parker gmail.com> wrote:
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> :Nothing. All ET would ever need to do is install strong AI on the Web
> :and he could then get us to do whatever he wanted, and elect whoever
> :he wanted.
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> This is stupid even for you, Ian...
>Let us start with a philosophical question. How do we form our views,
what are our sources of information? How do we know they are right?
Television has played an enormous role in forming our views, the US is
in the business of beaming broadcasts into the Middle East.
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Author: Fred J. McCallFred J. McCall Date: Oct 18, 2007 16:27
Ian Parker gmail.com> wrote:
:On 17 Oct, 02:49, Fred J. McCall earthlink.net> wrote:
:> Ian Parker gmail.com> wrote:
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:> :Nothing. All ET would ever need to do is install strong AI on the Web
:> :and he could then get us to do whatever he wanted, and elect whoever
:> :he wanted.
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:> This is stupid even for you, Ian...
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:Let us start with a philosophical question. How do we form our views,
:what are our sources of information? How do we know they are right?
:Television has played an enormous role in forming our views, ...
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Only if you're a sheep.
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Author: Ian ParkerIan Parker Date: Oct 18, 2007 19:56
Let us look at this problem scientifically. If you are right and TV
etc has little effect we would expect everyone in the world to think
the same way. Well not every individual, but there would be no
systematic difference between countries. An Iraqi, Syrian, Cuban would
think the same way as a Westerner.
Your position has a name. It is called Platonism. Platonism is often
discussed in relationship to whether scientific discoveries are
objective. Whether ET would see the Universe in the same way as us. In
Politics Platonism is manifestly untrue. An Arab does have a different
viewpoint from a Westerner and that is due to his information
environment. Suicide bombers and other jihasrdists are not genetically
different from us, they have just had a different information
environment. Dawkins talks about memes, although Einar has said that
memes add nothing to orthodox sociology. Whether you follow Dawkins or
sociology it is clear that our information environment has a
tremendous effect on us.
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Author: Rand SimbergRand Simberg Date: Oct 18, 2007 20:39
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:56:36 -0700, in a place far, far away, Ian
Parker gmail.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:
>Let us look at this problem scientifically.
Why would anyone bother to do that with someone like you, who is
manifestly incapable of doing so? Or even of not snipping out all
context so that we know what the hell you're talking about (as if we
cared)?
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Author: Ian ParkerIan Parker Date: Oct 18, 2007 21:05
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:56:36 -0700, in a place far, far away, Ian
> Parker gmail.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
> such a way as to indicate that:
>>>Let us look at this problem scientifically.
>
> Why would anyone bother to do that with someone like you, who is
> manifestly incapable of doing so? Or even of not snipping out all
> context so that we know what the hell you're talking about (as if we
> cared)?
You two seem to offer a complete denial of logic. No wonder you are in
the mess you are in Iraq. Thank heaven Gordon Brown has at least shown
some sense.
- Ian Parker
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Author: Rand SimbergRand Simberg Date: Oct 18, 2007 21:23
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:05:32 -0700, in a place far, far away, Ian
Parker gmail.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:
>> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:56:36 -0700, in a place far, far away, Ian
>> Parker gmail.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
>> such a way as to indicate that:
>>>>>Let us look at this problem scientifically.
>>
>> Why would anyone bother to do that with someone like you, who is
>> manifestly incapable of doing so? Or even of not snipping out all
>> context so that we know what the hell you're talking about (as if we
>> cared)?
>
>You two seem to offer a complete denial of logic.
No, I offer a complete denial of your continued illogic.
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