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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
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Subject: Re: Robert Heinlein and SDI
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 13:23:12 EST
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> A man's nonpreferred or preferred mode of
> transportation -- rumored, inferred or factual, even if it's horse and
> buggy -- has no bearing on whether or not one should respect or even
> reject or accept his opinions about SDI.  These are two disjoint
> subjects.

Holding opinions is one thing; I've got my share with no qualifications
to back them.  But providing expert advice is something else again.

With SDI, we are talking about staking our lives on high technology.
So a person who refuses to trust his life to a proven 75-year old
technology might indeed be suspect as an "expert".

In this case, though, the point is moot.  I'm willing to grant that
Asimov is valuable for his basic knowledge in a wide range of scientific
disciplines.  And, as I shall never again forget, Heinlein is *not*
Ray Bradbury (well, their names do both start with R...  :-)
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