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From: leimkuhl@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: military funding in mathematics
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Date: Mon, 27-Oct-86 12:52:00 EST
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I am rather shocked by the arrogance of "weemba"'s response.

I have spent a great deal of time studying (and working against) SDI
funding.  But I think his response was generally offensive to people from
Illinois (or at the University of Illinois in particular).  Before you
name us "ignorant dweebs" and imply that students here do not have the
ethical maturity to have opinions on the subject, perhaps you might take a
few minutes to recall that it was the greatest American scientists of
the 40's who brought us the terror that SDI is supposed to protect us
against.

Obviously, being from Berkeley (or even being the Fields medalist) does not
necessarily imply a better appeciation of the philosophy of science.

-Ben Leimkuhler