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To: MSI who wrote (17874)11/27/2003 12:43:18 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793670
 
his book "Nonzero", which posits that we're on an inevitable course towards a more civilized world, in spite of occasional evidence to the contrary.

The "Hegelian" proposition. I quit reading Science Fiction about 30 years ago when someone pointed out to me that there can never be a "Space War." No Civilization capable of getting into outer space would still engage in war. It would have wiped itself out before it got there.