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From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>
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> Now, here's a false dilemma in philosophy of history: either you are
> with Hegel (= Hitchens' view of historical progress) or you are with
> Joseph Heller in the world of Catch-22. Identify another option.
> The length of your essay should be approximately 800 words.
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> Yoshie
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Well, there's the Vonnegut-Sterling scenario whereby we push genetic engineering to the hilt and morph homo-aggressivist-militarist-imperialist into a cross between an Otter and a Koala bear, yet oozes a particular set of chemicals more repugnant than a skunk in order to ward off predators while 'it' only consumes plant material....
Ian