> Well, stupid may not be the right word. It seems to be human nature > to want to be part of a group that is somehow better than other > groups. > That actually had some evolutionary survival value at one time. > > Groups form all the time - religious, political, technical, even > time-nuts. Some of the things they believe do not seem rational. > Audiophiles are just another group, but the membership dues are > kind of high. > > You can also see how the group has been manipulated by predators to > increasing heights of expensive fantasies. There are parallels in > religion and politics. Again, it's human nature. Surely, there's no > one in this group that has bought an expensive instrument just to > keep up with the group.
Hmm. ...and I just bought a set of three Chef's knives for my kitchen for $500. /b __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
