gls@odyssey.UUCP (g.l.sicherman) (02/05/88)
> >........ This has to be the only forum in the civilized world which allows > >such claims to be perpetrated without receiving equal portions of ridicule > >and abuse. Can it not be stopped? > > Obviously, ailist IS a forum where ridicule and abuse is permitted. > Interestingly, in his book Drexler calls for setting up public forums > where ideas of alleged scientific merit can be scrutinized openly and > subjected to ridicule if such is deemed appropriate. As the saying goes, freedom of the press is great ... if you have a press. Now we have the Net. Let's see whether the people who have all always paid lip service to free speech will stand by the real thing! Personally, I'm glad to see scholarship get a chance to evolve from an academic power game to an open group activity for all. -:- "Hey! My cigarettes are gone!" "Sorry, master. I must obey the First Law of Robotics, you know." -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...!ihnp4!odyssey!gls