On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 02:25:18PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 at 21:13 GMT, csj penned: > >> > >> As usual, science fiction was here before. C.F., _The Songs of > >> Distant Earth_ by Arthur C. Clarke. > > > > You do remember that the first generation colonists in the novel were > > "manufactured" from gene samples and raised by machines that taught > > them a sanitized version of human history and culture? They were > > genetically and culturally engineered to be altruistic. So maybe our > > best hope lies in breeding out our baser instincts. > > > > Somehow, I doubt that "baser insticts" can be bred out, especially by > just not teaching about them. > > That whole "those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it" line > ... > > given the consistency with which the old mistakes are repreated, i seriously wonder if that adage holds true.
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