Re: virus: Strange attractors and meta-religions (was God and Level-3)

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Fri, 4 Apr 1997 11:33:03 -0800 (PST)


On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Mark Hornberger wrote:

> [....] - is deliberate
> self-deception really a good thing? If so, then why do we pity
> schizophrenics or autistics, who are in their own little world, and
> apparently don't want any part of ours?

That's a good question. Why do we pity schizophrenics? I don't pity
there condition as much as the way we, as a society, treat them because of
that condition. I pity the fact that we have forced them into "their own
little world" by not creating a niche in ours for them in which they can thrive.

> I don't think the world is really all that bad, for me.

Ahhh... I see. So you've taken the pill as well. (Some call "the pill"
just another meme, but we know better don't we?) Welcome to the other
side. Did you get your armband yet?

-Prof. Tim