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The Beginning of Infinity Discussion

Elliot Temple — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:47:39 GMT

Hi all, I created a new email list for discussion of David Deutsch's new book, _The Beginning of Infinity_, and loosely related topics. You're invited. It's a

Re: Socialism

Elliot Temple — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:06:23 GMT

... Can you give an example of a false explanation that most capitalists would endorse because their view is too simplistic, but most socialists would

Re: Socialism

greencheesedotbiz — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:14:25 GMT

the word socialism is jaded by an overtone these days although it remains steps away from its ultimate definition , (unworkable) communism. to define socialism

Re: The End of Slavery

David Deutsch — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:52:47 GMT

... I'm no historian but if I remember correctly what I have read, voluntarily freeing *individual* slaves has always been common, because there is usually a

Re: The End of Slavery

Alan Forrester — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:08:35 GMT

... slavery -- ... that ... raised ... century, ... I would be quite surprised if it did arise among the slaves. Africa had a culture in which taking slaves

Re: The End of Slavery

Mikko Särelä — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:06:40 GMT

... Yes, he does. In most cases slaves did not want the system of slavery ended, but merely to change the parties that were required to serve as slaves (as

Re: The End of Slavery

Julia Recski — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:06:07 GMT

... slavery -- ... that ... raised ... century, ... When he says the question didn't arise in a certain time or culture, does he mean it didn't arise among

The End of Slavery

Alan Forrester — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 19:28:30 GMT

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell020805.asp ... Alan Forrester http://www.settingtherworldtorights.com/

The land of the free...

Alan Forrester — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:01:23 GMT

...whose school children apparently don't appreciate their freedom all that much. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4225013.stm ... new > survey. ...

The importance of breaking relationships

David Deutsch — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:46:40 GMT

http://techcentralstation.com/012505B.html ... This is all, of course, in the context that *forming*, and where appropriate *enforcing* relationships is vital

Re: The value of needles (was Re: Proverbs)

John de Rivaz — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:10:35 GMT

... difficulty does not dictate morality. People don't act better because their lives are easier: they make life easier as a result of acting better.<<< Not

The value of needles (was Re: Proverbs)

alicebachini — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:51:07 GMT

... I entirely agree that life in the past was much more physically demanding than it is today, and that many more people were treated as sub-human. But I

Difficulty of jobs v. difficulty of doing things irrationally (was

alicebachini — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:50:51 GMT

... I'm not convinced that people used to go around finding it really hard not to flog dead horses, sticking their hard-won eggs in the one basket, etc. Isn't

Re: Proverbs

alicebachini — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:50:18 GMT

... That's right- millions of bad ideas get in the way of finding good ideas, including our own bad ideas. Alice

Re: Proverbs

Christine Pellar-Kosbar — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:50:08 GMT

Do you think it's been a continuous progression, or fits and bursts--one step forward, two steps back, three steps forward, one step back.? Do you think any