[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> discussion on www.edge.org about the world after 911

[richard barbrook <richard@hrc.wmin.ac.uk>]

Hiya,
>
>Marvin Minsky: I agree with much of the rest of what David Deutsch says
>but I feel that he has missed Dawkins' point: that one way that we
>can defend ourselves is by finding ways to reduce the huge numbers of
>people who have been trained to follow charismatic leaders by suspending
>their critical thinking and commonsense.

...and this smug comment is from someone who claims that he can create
intelligent life out of plastic, sand and metal!

Later,

Richard



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