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Noteworthy
Sophyphile


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liquidlounge said: So you want to save the world. As it turns out, the world cannot be saved by caped crusaders with great strength and the power of flight. No, the world must be saved by mathematicians, computer scientists, and philosophers.
how about journalists? lawyers? investors?
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liquidlounge

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Noteworthy said:
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liquidlounge said: So you want to save the world. As it turns out, the world cannot be saved by caped crusaders with great strength and the power of flight. No, the world must be saved by mathematicians, computer scientists, and philosophers.
how about journalists? lawyers? investors?
How about this

No, really, "we need them on a superficial level in the present".
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Noteworthy
Sophyphile


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You think in the utopic future there will be no need for such roles? only mathematicians, philosophers, scientists?
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Diploid
Cuban



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The interesting thing about Ravus is that he went from hard core nihilist to tree hugging spiritual love muffin and then quit posting
It all started with the salvia.
-------------------- Republican Values: 1) You can't get married to your spouse who is the same sex as you.
2) You can't have an abortion no matter how much you don't want a child.
3) You can't have a certain plant in your possession or you'll get locked up with a rapist and a murderer.
4) We need a smaller, less-intrusive government.
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liquidlounge

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Re: Consciousness [Re: Diploid]
#16549520 - 07/18/12 10:05 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Noteworthy said: You think in the utopic future there will be no need for such roles? only mathematicians, philosophers, scientists?
I dont think humanity would need them in the future, no.
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Icelander
The Minstrel in the Gallery



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Re: Consciousness [Re: Diploid]
#16553572 - 07/19/12 05:53 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Diploid said: The interesting thing about Ravus is that he went from hard core nihilist to tree hugging spiritual love muffin and then quit posting
It all started with the salvia. 
Was that what it was? how strange?
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.
" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.
With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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redgreenvines
irregular verb


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Icelander said:
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Diploid said: The interesting thing about Ravus is that he went from hard core nihilist to tree hugging spiritual love muffin and then quit posting
It all started with the salvia. 
Was that what it was? how strange? 
after salvia, one gets accustomed to automatons - it takes inspiration to join in the fray.
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Icelander
The Minstrel in the Gallery



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how come I almost never know what you're talking about?
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.
" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.
With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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