From: Bill Hall (bill.hall@hotkey.net.au)
Date: Mon 31 Mar 2003 - 11:08:52 GMT
For Scott's edification, Isaac Asimov was actually a fabulously prolific
polymath. Aside from publishing hundreds of sci-fi novels and dozens of
popular science books, plus as I recall a history of the Jewish faith, his
day job was Professor of Biochemistry at Boston University. He died in 1992
at the age of 72, and his stories had a lot to do with my developing
interests in cybernetics as I was growing up.
On a bad day, Asimov probably had more ideas than many of us manage in a
lifetime. Some of his concepts have been truly memetic in nature; e.g., the
Three Laws of Robotics as well as psychohistory. If you want to know about
the Laws of Robotics, try
http://www.google.com/search?q=asimov+%22three+laws+of+robotics%22. As of
tonight there are 2,630 hits.
Bill Hall
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Information is not knowledge
Knowledge is not wisdom
Wisdom is not truth
Truth is not beauty
Beauty is not love
Love is not music
Music is THE BEST
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(Zappa - Packard Goose)
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Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: Other roots of memetics
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