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- From: torkel@sics.se (Torkel Franzen)
- Subject: Re: Ignoring the Unknown
- In-Reply-To: leon@cs.weber.edu's message of Mon, 25 Jan 93 16:23:40 GMT
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- Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
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- <1993Jan25.162340.11111@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:20:22 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.162340.11111@fcom.cc.utah.edu> leon@cs.weber.edu
- (Leon D. Atkinson) writes:
-
- >In other words, since you tried to understand reality, failed and gave up,
- >you find it insulting that anyone else would be successful. This is the same
- >thing as congressional 'Soak the Rich.' Punish those that are successful
- >BECAUSE they are successful.
-
- I submit that the Scientologists are a lot more successful than the
- Objectivists. Not only do they thoroughly understand reality, but they make
- a lot of money out of it.
-