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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: fundamental questions
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 00:26:13 -0400 (EDT)
fundamental questions ure interfere with the ongoing rush of civilization? is the loss of one species:ledge to which they are entitled, but which may needlessly damage them? does nat:is it better to be truthful and suffer the consequences? should people be given know: any circumstances in which censorship is either necessary or desirable?^?^?^?^?: any circumstances in which censorship is either necessary or desirable?^?^?^?^? do animals have equivalent rights to ourselves? are animals intelligent? is artificial life alive? will robots replace us on the earth? will robots tolerate and even cultivate the wilderness? do some see farther than others? what is wisdom and is it associated with age? is cleverness associated with shallowness and can one be both clever and wise? :you will never age? when we age do we watch ourselves age or does our watching also age? are we all fundamentally selfish with skeletons in the closet? are our lives permeated through and through by shameful acts? does reality exist? do we see what we want to see? is there an afterlife? are ghosts real? :should we be free to damage our possessions any way we see fit? do we have the write to absolute freedom without recrimination of any sort? are we the care-takers of planet earth? does new development in medicines provide the major impetus behind salvaging the rain forest? is wholesale slaughter a necessary condition of the human race? is self-preservation the primary foundation of human existence? are our children our future or our past? does belief in a spiritual being necessarily imply that it is gendered and or higher in any sense? does the slightest spiritual crack in the edifice of scientific rationalism bring the whole thing down? how do we reconcile our concerns with a fundamentally meaningless universe? are we motivated solely by our impending deaths or does sexuality play a part? if males could have children would they continue to produce otherwise? if there is a fountain of youth would males or females be more likely to imbibe? is there any decent reason not to live forever providing :: ___