>>This is frustrating. I've found you can apply that argument against >>many, many actions the govenment does. How do you defend against >>people using this argument without seeming calloused, uncaring, and >>mean-spirited? How do I convince my wife the space program is >>worth the money even though people still continue to die of AIDS or >>be homeless, etc?
Doug wrote- >With out goals, without an eye to the future, without a curiosity for >our surroundings, we become less human. If all we ever cared about was >a place to sleep and where we get our next meal we'd still be as >primitive as the rest of the animal kingdom. Who is "we"?. These posts look at opposite ends of the same continuum. Can the person who has no food look forward/upward to space? If Maslow's heirarchy is to be believed, basic needs (food, shelter) have to be met before higher level goal setting. It is easy for me to think/dream/imagine realities of space, but I have the benefit of food and no more leaks in the roof, etc- other people don't have the ability to see beyond survival. Real easy for me to sit on the fence on this one. Dee _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
