tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post7587561319429077794..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: Doomsaying: It's a 'status' thingGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-15967073235968171292007-03-22T00:33:00.000-04:002007-03-22T00:33:00.000-04:00So according to Dyson, both wealthy U.S. industria...So according to Dyson, both wealthy U.S. industrialists and British academics are prone to seeking higher status, but the former do it through philanthropy and the latter do it through doomsaying. Where does Bill Joy, the founder of Sun Microsystems and the ironically named mother of all doomsayers, fit into this theory? What about Martin Rees, a Cambridge Professor who has received a Knighthood and has a list of honours and awards as long as one's arm? Why would he be worried about his status? Dyson is on the Board which sets the time of the "Doomsday Clock". Since he is neither a British academic nor a wealthy industrialist, it would be revealing to see how he voted on the setting of the clock forward by 2 minutes on January 17. I think Dyson is out to lunch here. He is guilty of the very attention grabbing ploy of which he is accusing others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-20057969396181178912007-03-21T23:53:00.000-04:002007-03-21T23:53:00.000-04:00Freeman Dyson has contributed tremendously to scie...Freeman Dyson has contributed tremendously to science and futurism in his lifetime. But oh, *checks clock*, it seems to be 2007. Sorry, there's other people to pay attention to now.Michael Anissimovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217926458888484768noreply@blogger.com