Posted by bob on May 29, 2000, at 12:21:55
In reply to Re: Useless things, posted by boBB on May 28, 2000, at 18:22:39
> ... DuPont said "Without chemicals life itself would be impossible."
Which only proves he was more a business man than a scientist. That statement can only be deemed profound if one ignores that fact that all matter has chemical properties, whether living or not.
> The biologial and treatable poems recited in modern clinics serve to divert attention from sociocultural factors that contribute to these widespread "diseases."
But are you putting the cart before the horse? Sociocultural institutions and artifacts are essentially biological -- Without biology, sociocultural factors would be impossible.
Perhaps the people most in need of ECT or frontal lobotomies, or thorazine or just paxil (aCk!) are our Captains of Industry. What would be the sociocultural impact of successfully treating Bill Gates and Donald Trump -- just those two men -- for their obvious megalomania?
Now, as for useless words/things, here's one for conversation:
Hope.
Cheers,
bob
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