>Another question: can we define a person's level of education as
>the extent to which they've learned to emulate your personal
>intellectual proclivities? Some intelligent people have a
No, of course not. I was only talking about education in certain areas,
namely critical thinking and decision theory.
>distaste for reductionism, and balance it out with a degree of
>belief in intuition and/or revelation. To them, no amount of
>education is going to make embracing the tenets of Virus seem
>like anything other than swallowing a bitter pill.
Agreed, I have no delusions about making Virus appealing to
all people. If someone is happy believing things that aren't true
who am I to tell them they're wrong? I'm not out to convert anyone
and I don't think Virus should be a proselytizing religion. Our role
should be to provide information about our beliefs to people who
seek it. I realize that puts us at a disadvantage compared to
religions that do have missionaries, but it seems more consistent
with the rest of the Virian tenets.
-- David McFadzean dbm@merak.com Memetic Engineer http://www.merak.com/~dbm/ Merak Projects Ltd.