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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Thinking about the reduction of Entropy.
Summary: Would it be possible to choose life?
Keywords: Heat Death and Light Life.
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Date: 31 Mar 89 22:33:04 GMT
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In article <8300034@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu> goldfain@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu writes:

 > The overwhelming evidence is that the higher the animal species,
 > the more rapidly it is helping ADVANCE the ultimate heat-death
 > of the universe, rather than the reverse correlation, as intimated
 > by a previous note.
 >                                                     - Mark Goldfain

I don't deny the accuracy of your observation, Mark.

I just don't understand why an intelligent species would consciously
take self-destruction as a goal.

--Barry