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  3. From: jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
  4. Subject: Re: Ecocentric Criterion and the Population Question
  5. In-Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.uucp's message of Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:53:27 GMT
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  9. Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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  16. Date: 17 Nov 92 12:31:57
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  19. Why shouldn't it be easier for these people to adopt advanced technology
  20. than it was for the countries that developed it in the first place?
  21. Haven't they already adopted some advanced technologies?  They all
  22. have motor vehicles, radios and telephones, for example.
  23. --
  24. John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
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  26. He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
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