Re: "Found: the human brain's moral engine"

Paul Dillon (dillonph who-is-at northcoast.com)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 20:00:41 -0700

Phil,

what song is that "old song "I am my own grandpa" ..."

Jeez, I feel like I'm fixing to Quine.

Paul
"-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Graham <pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au>
To: xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: "Found: the human brain's moral engine"

>At 18:52 25-10-99 -0400, George wrote:
>>This has the look and sound of a wonderful urban legend. Occasionally, of
>>course, urban legends turn out to be true.
>
>What has the look of an urban legend? Bob's Bunnies, the "moral engine"
>article, or the neo-eugenics of biotechnology? I can assure you that the
>first and last of these are unfortunately quite real. I'm unsure about the
>"moral engine", but it was on the front page of one of our most reputable
>dailies (not that that's any ultimate recommendation).
>
>I wonder, with all this buying and selling of ova and sperm and whatnot,
>whether in the future we'll know who's related to whom. Reminds me of that
>old song "I am my own grandpa" ...
>
>Phil
>
>
>Phil Graham
>p.graham who-is-at qut.edu.au
>http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html
>