...Morris is not interested in any of this -- the whole point is to drop the meme bomb "the second Holocaust" (like D'Souza's "The End of Racism", or the dude that Doug forwarded who wrote "No Alternative"), and let it do its work.
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No doubt, it's best to be silent and carry on thinking about technology indistinguishable from magic (and, therefore, sufficiently advanced) but still, let me say...
I agree, Ravi.
Jordan's core argument is quite different from what many suppose it to be. It isn't really about Israel -- for or against -- at all or even Iran.
Jordan's questioning the consensus (which I share in) that Morris' article is not the simple what-if scenario thought experiment it's presented as being, but yet another in a continuing series of horror stories about the destruction sure to come if Iran develops nuclear weapons -- stories intended, we believe, to justify 'preemptive' military action.
In short, he's considering Morris' statements *in isolation* from the propaganda context most of us (appear to) agree they must be viewed in.
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At this point, it's still not clear that intelligence and self-awareness are successful adaptations.
...................... http://monroelab.net/blog/