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- From: jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez)
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- Subject: Re: It's Down to the Last Blank Check
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.175705.24513@galois.mit.edu>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 17:57:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep10.012507.23803@nuscc.nus.sg> matmcinn@nuscc.nus.sg (Mcinnes B T (Dr)) writes:
- >I think GE Brown must be chairman for the House Committee for the
- >propagation of the New Age. It's terrifying that an idiot of this order
- >can occupy a position of such importance. The worst thing is that he
- >jumbles up matters of genuine scientific interest [eg how to achieve
- >zero population growth] with stupid nonsense like how to persuade people
- >not to regard material possessions as a measure of wealth.
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- The simplest way to do the latter might be to deprive them of all
- material posssessions, which seems to be the current strategy. :-)
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