Re: [CTRL] Sex/Machine ...

1999-10-31 Thread sno0wl
-Caveat Lector- On 31 Oct 99, at 0:45, Prudence L. Kuhn wrote: -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/30/1999 5:35:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Funny how, almost universally, cosmology-as-theology mirrors sociology -- "religion" functioning as a way of

Re: [CTRL] Sex/Machine ...

1999-10-31 Thread nessie
-Caveat Lector- Is it possible that, like many species, we are hardwired for hierarchy? If we were, then every culture would be hierarchial. This is not the case, ergo, hierarchy is learned behavior. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list.

Re: [CTRL] Sex/Machine ...

1999-10-31 Thread Nurev Ind Research
-Caveat Lector- nessie wrote: -Caveat Lector- Is it possible that, like many species, we are hardwired for hierarchy? If we were, then every culture would be hierarchial. This is not the case, ergo, hierarchy is learned behavior. I strongly disagree. All primate species are

Re: [CTRL] Sex/Machine ...

1999-10-30 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-10-29 14:12:06 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Social constructionists move from the belief that sex and gender differences are culturally produced and often socially detrimental, to the conclusion that they can be radically altered for the better through

Re: [CTRL] Sex/Machine ...

1999-10-30 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-10-30 06:16:57 EDT, Das GOAT writes: We're in Orwell's "1984" ALREADY. Next comes Huxley's "Brave New World" -- not a "world" at all but a COUNTERFEIT, a SIMULATION, worthy of a Satan envious of God's Creation and the presence in Nature (including HUMAN

Re: [CTRL] Sex/Machine ...

1999-10-30 Thread sno0wl
-Caveat Lector- On 30 Oct 99, at 8:06, Das GOAT wrote: Not an uncommon nightmare vision --Happy Hallowe'en, by the way!-- of the (possibly) true position of man on earth vis-a-vis "superior intelligences" in the greater universe. Sufi-inspired teacher Gurdjieff suggested as much in saying

Re: [CTRL] Sex/Machine ...

1999-10-30 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-10-30 13:44:58 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just to add a little bit to this, contrary to Christian teaching which says that everyone has a "soul" which ascends to Divine Realms or descends to Hell, depending on the individual's behavior in life

Re: [CTRL] Sex/Machine ...

1999-10-30 Thread Prudence L. Kuhn
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/30/1999 5:35:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Funny how, almost universally, cosmology-as-theology mirrors sociology -- "religion" functioning as a way of "spiritually" legitimizing a political-economic class structure. Yes, and

[CTRL] Sex/Machine ...

1999-10-29 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- ... or the conspiracy of technology(sts) against 'humanity' ... From http://www.philosophynews.com/book/excerpt/X00419991028.htm {{Begin}} Philosophy Book Excerpt October 28, 1999 Sex/Machine: Readings in Culture, Gender, and Technology Patrick D. Hopkins, editor Bloomington: