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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:18:14 +0000
Organization: A little, after lunch
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On 30/10/2024 14:15, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:
>> On 29/10/2024 22:22, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>> On 2024-10-29, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The cornucopians think there will always be a technological fix. Someday
>>>> they will reach into the hat to pull out the next rabbit and find out
>>>> there ain't no more rabbits.
>>>
>>> "Cornucopians" - love it.  That's a keeper.
>>>
>> It's a well known term for a clearly defined set of people who - lacking
>> any STEM knowledge themselves - confidently predict that technology will
>> save them, resources will never run out and the only limit is human
>> imagination.
>>
>> They are similar to the Greens in their adherence to faith based
>> arguments based on no facts whatsoever.
>>
>> They tend to be American, because the USA is probably the richest nation
> 
> The "D" cornucopian troll appears to be an unhappy swede.
> 
Really?

Sweden is going more right wing these days - nuclear power, fuck the 
muslims, and so on.


-- 
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid decision or more dangerous way of 
making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people 
who pay no price for being wrong.”

Thomas Sowell