Re: Finding useful functions- part 1

From: David Longley (David_at_longley.demon.co.uk)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 15:27:54 +0000

In article <fzekj77tri.fsf@germany.igpm.rwth-aachen.de>, Mario S. Mommer
<m_mommer@yahoo.com> writes
>
>David Longley <David@longley.demon.co.uk> writes:
>> Why did I bring up Africa? Ask yourself, why
>> aren't we feeding some of the 700 million in Africa and why aren't we
>> trying to redress some of the malnutrition which probably accounts for
>> some of that very low average IQ? There's no shortage of food
>> elsewhere. Why does 3000 dying in one day in NY matter so much, but
>> 20-30,000 a day dying in Africa not? Why aren't we sending sub-sahara
>> Africa more medical support to stem the spread of HIV?
>>
>> Where's our "intelligence"?
>
>Please excuse me if I'm not understanding your point. Usenet is an
>open forum and so I, who doesn't get most of the terminology you guys
>use, actually ended up reading this thread cuz, well, killing time,
>you know?
>
>Are you saying that intelligence must somehow be "good"? That would
>mean that those extremely sophisticated serial killers that sometimes
>appear are dumb. I think that would be a stretch.

<http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/meetthedefend
ants.html>

"Goodness" has nothing to do with "it"...

>
>(sorry if I'm misunderstanding you)
>
>(On the other hand, I don't think that we as a mass are very
>intelligent. As individuals perhaps, but as a species we are probably
>only on a slightly higher level than myxomycetes) 

-- 
David Longley