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...little trouble imagining the reception when my larger-than-life packet arrived: a roomful of rolling eyes and snickers. I can only hope it provided some comic relief. And I can only think of one explanation for my acceptance: I got my readers laughing so hard that they became senseless...
...know that your roommates are conscious? No, not at 4 a.m. after copious libations have reduced them to senseless Neanderthals, but how do you know they are conscious, sentient beings to begin with? You might reason as follows: You are conscious (one can be fairly certain of that, most days) and when you interact with your roommates they behave as if their brains possessed the same characteristics that you attribute to your consciousness. Therefore, you attribute the characteristic of "conscious" to these other entities, your roommates. But this inherently subjective definition of consciousness opens the door wide for beings...
...Even if you have eight bucks you wish to throw away your money in a random act of senseless frivolity, don't, and I repeat, do not go see this movie. Give your money to the fund for cancer-stricken endangered monkeys in South Africa or something like that. Spare yourself the unnecessary pain. Go study. Sally Field wants you to leave Beautiful repeating the mantra, "It's what's on the inside that counts...
...forgotten people and Israeli prime minister Golda Meir was notoriously insisting they did not exist. Vilified throughout the Western world, his slain comrades were nonetheless given a heroes' burial by thousands of supporters in Libya. For Spitzer and his colleagues, their countrymen and millions of sympathizers, it was a senseless act of brutality...
...enjoyed your special issue on technology in this century and the next [VISIONS 21, June 19]. You asked the usual questions: Is technology safe? Is it good? Is it bad? Is it going too fast? Is it dehumanizing? It's senseless to ask whether technology is good or bad. The value comes from how we humans use it and the purpose of its use. When we question technology, we the users are the only ones accountable for its effects, no matter how advanced or extreme the technology may be. ANTONIO VELARDE Mexico City...