Jed Luby writes: >The people that subscribe to this list are, for the most part, >intelligent humans that want to learn, not brainless drones with a death >wish. Gosh, Jed, I've been telling everyone that I'm on this list where everyone is a brainless drone with a death wish! Thanks for setting things straight. ;-) Perhaps you've noticed, moralizing is the bane of our times. It's easy to run out of facts, but theory goes on forever because it exceeds our ability to test it. Ethics (the calculation of best outcomes) is pure theory, seldom testable, and a convenient refuge for those with few facts and fewer experiences to discuss. I too am into Good ol' Natural Selection. I constantly fantasize watching some kayaker (inept or experienced) drown while I laugh and point and sing "Naa Naa Na NAA Naa, Nature got ya that time, ya brainless drone with a death wish!" If we'd all do that, the human species might be perfected in a generation. Kayakers might be extinct, but the species would soar. Hope you know this is tongue-in-cheek. Rick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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