[AG-TECH] Beer Symposium

[Eric Jakobsson]

What an outpouring of opinions and clever stuff!

I think in deciding whether to do something risky but rewarding, one can 
not calculate, but must give oneself over to one's deepest instincts.

In the long run, evolution sorts it out---in a pretty brutal way, since 
most species wind up being evolutionary dead ends.  There used to be 
multiple species of hominids.  The Neanderthals were the next to last to 
die out, leaving us.   Our fate, of course, is still uncertain.

Eric

At 03:52 PM 1/8/2003 -0500, Tom Coffin wrote:

>try sittin on my couch at home!
>it's a virtual jungle with the cat
>romping around like a wild beast!
>
>
>At 09:48 AM 1/8/2003 -0900, Guy Robinson wrote:
>    >
>    >
>    >What is acceptable/perceptable risk is an interesting point to debate.
>    >Lifestyle and science are two very different areas to debate. If you
>think the
>    >motorways/freeways are dangerous you should try the pavements/sidewalks.
>    >
>    >Guy
>    >
>    >
>    >On Jan 8, 11:30am, Don Morton wrote:
>    >> Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] Beer Symposium
>    >> On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 11:48:59 -0600, "Barbara A. Kucera"
>    >> <bkucera at ncsa.uiuc.edu> said:
>    >> > Yikes, you guys! . . . do you recall John Denver's fate?  I worry
>about
>    >> > you
>    >> > and I'm not even your mother!
>    >> >
>    >> > Although I do understand the attraction for roaming about Montana
>in the
>    >> > air as opposed to up and down mountains, Ivan.
>    >> >
>    >>
>    >> Barbara, I'm shocked!  Do you remember Sonny Bono's
>    >> fate, Ms. I-snowboard-with-the-best-of-them-till-
>    >> I-break-my-back-then-get-right-back-out-there-again??? :)
>    >>
>    >> Reasoning folks, reasoning - how many of you put yourselves
>    >> in harm's way on the dangerous freeways several times a day!!
>    >> Danger is everwhere - embrace it and enjoy!
>    >> --
>    >>
>    >>
>    >>  **************************************************************
>    >>    Don Morton                   http://MRoCCS.cs.umt.edu/~morton/
>    >>    Department of Computer Science       The University of Montana
>    >>    Missoula, MT 59812 | Voice (406) 243-4975 | Fax (406) 243-5139
>    >>-- End of excerpt from Don Morton
>    >
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Eric Jakobsson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and of 
Biochemistry
Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
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University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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