(this is a mail messages that got stuck in the queue a long time ago and just came out) On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Kent Crispin wrote:
On Mon, Jul 21, 1997 at 10:29:37AM -0600, Jim Burnes wrote:
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Re: Tim May's quote. May is pointing out the truism that the world is full of weak-minded fools.
Almost everybody believes they are above average, believe it or not.
I don't care. IQ scores cluster about a bell curve. Someone has to fill out the left side. Most of the left side don't understand bell curves and that worries me.
This is the essential problem of the illusory democracy that we live in today. Since in our illusory democracy, the people falsely believe they've excercised their will via "the vote".
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The people believe they are free because the powers-that-be allow them to excercise a relatively feeble "right" to vote. Somehow, even though we've had this right since the beginning, things have gone from bad to worse without stop.
The reality is that the sheeple, lulled into veritable unconsciouness with an unending stream of monday-night sports, the Home Shopping Channel (TM) and Beavis and Butthead couldn't care a less as long as they feed on the media/social security/propaganda tit. Their personal opinions, thorougly pre-chewed and digested are spoon-fed to them through a port in the side of their head labeled "fear".
Right. So those people simply don't count, and might as well be eliminated.
I never said that. They count and I might say that giving them the right to vote soothes their nerves because it gives them the illusion of excercising (rather innefectual) self-determination. Truth be told, the kinds of issues solved by the "vote" are minor ones. Somewhere (circa 1938) the constitutional republic was de-activated and replaced by something horrible and malevolent. Meanwhile all the real power is wielded by a fascist melding of powerful corporations, politicians and the military/police state. I think it quite likely that people are born into this world with some combination of agression, intelligence and empathy. The eight combinations of these three variables determine the natural castes in life. Watch out for the one with high agression, high intelligence and relatively little empathy. I do internet security consulting for a living and get a chance to interview everyone from the lowest engineers up to CEO's. Its very interesting to see what happens when we turn in our security vulnerability reports and see how the people react at the top. Its a great reflection of character. Many VPs run scurrying trying to cover their asses and cover up the facts. They will destroy their underlings and force blame on them even when its clear that their management decisions brought about the current situation. Often their talent for deceit undermines the very security we set out to establish putting at risk billions of dollars of other peoples money. Relatively little changes from the playground. The worst are the ones that beligerantly assert that there is no security problem and how dare we suggest that there is. These types are very dangerous because they are not just reactive, they are pro-active and will destroy the messengers to cover up their insecurity. Their tactics are very clever, quick and decisive. For whatever its worth.... Actually I'm tired of stating the obvious. What are the current outstanding cypher projects? I'd rather be writing code. What I need is one more project on the burner. Jim Burnes "How do you explain school to higher intelligence?" Elliot to his brother in ET