Re: Dune meets Darwin


<stremler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> quoting low key <lowkey_e@xxxxxxxxxxx> :
>>><stremler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> [snip]
>>>So, according to the Reverend[1] Mother, you're not human?
>>
>> I guess not.
>
> Hm. That would certainly throw me off the story for a bit.

Keep in mind I've never been in that position so I can't be certain how I
would act. It makes me think of that rock climber who had to hack off his
arm to escape the rock that trapped him.


> I was thinking as the basis for wars. I don't really see self-sacrifice
> as the basis for war... even defending against an invader isn't so much
> sacrifice as "if I don't do anything, I'm dead, so I might as well go
> and do *something*".

Ah. I see. I was uncomfortable with my phrasing - the use of 'basis'. It
wasn't really what I wanted to convey but I couldn't think of a better word.

....thinking....

'It is the difference that makes organized large scale war workable for
humans and impractical for other species.

Much less concise but more accurate.

> I just don't see where self-sacrifice can serve as the basis for warfare
> at all; it's either greed or coercion. Do you have any specific examples
> in mind?

Agreed. I misused the word. Substitute the above phrase for 'basis'

> [1] Corrected typo.
> [2] Corrected typo, again. I really was having a hard time spelling,
> wasn't I?

General question. What is the etiquette when running a post through the
spellchecker when quoted misspellings are caught? Correct the other person's
typos or not?




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