1997-08-23 - lack of evolutionary pressures (was Re: An end to “court appointed attorneys”)

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From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
To: kent@songbird.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-08-23 00:53:16 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 08:53:16 +0800

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From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 08:53:16 +0800
To: kent@songbird.com
Subject: lack of evolutionary pressures (was Re: An end to "court appointed attorneys")
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Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> writes:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 1997 at 12:40:29AM +0000, Vipul Ved Prakash wrote:
> > 
> > the idea is that the "competent" (not "chosen") are irrevocably different 
> > from those other "incompetent and parasitical" (and not "unfortunate") 
> > creatures that accidentally share the same physical form.
> 
> And how is it that one knows that one is "competent"?

One doesn't.  But if one is not competent, one is likely to find out the
hard way.

There's precious little evolutionary pressures around at the moment,
the race could use some more.

Adam
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