This is like the argument I have with my wife. She says there is no such thing as altruism and I always give in because I'm an unselfish caring kind of guy.
Ron Teitelbaum
-----Original Message----- From: squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev- bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Blake Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:06 PM To: Andres Valloud; The general-purpose Squeak developers list Subject: Re: Say Hello to Stanley
[A] science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life.
--- Harold Hardy Godfrey, A Mathematician's Apology, 1941
There's no cynicism like 20th century cynicism. (Well, okay, maybe 19th century cynicism.<s>)