virus: Out of Control,

Eric Boyd (6ceb3@qlink.queensu.ca)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 02:58:33 -0400


Hi virions,

Seeing as Kelly's book is on the reading list, I thought virions might be
interested in a review of the book:

'The Nine Laws of God':
Kevin Kelly's Out of Control Techno-
Utopic Program for a WIRED World
http://www.voicenet.com/~grassie/Fldr.Articles/NineLaws.html

I think the most profound statement in the review is

"But if humans are a Lamarckian wild-card in evolution,
then we are the Naturalistic Fallacy incarnate."

This stands in *vivid* contradiction to -- say -- Rand, who argues that we
can deduce our basic moral rule -- to *live* -- from the fact that we
*exist*.

I like it. We are the Naturalistic Fallacy incarnate.

Anyway, I haven't read the book in question, so that is all I will say...

ERiC