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Which Mike Dilger am I?: You might know me from Optimal Computing,
U.C. Davis, Computer Security, Sun Microsystems, StrongAuth, Pfizer, San
Francisco, New Zealand (Wellington / Palmerston North), my posts regarding
investing (especially in the natural resources, especially on google finance),
MythTV in New Zealand, or Gentoo linux.
For the British ecologist / BBC Presenter:
mikedilger.co.uk
WARNINGS and DISCLAIMERS:
- I don't mince words, and I may swear.
- I am not a theist. I believe in the natural world.
- I am a moral person, outraged at immorality, and it frightens me to think that some people are only moral because they fear punishment from a God. It's perfectly reasonable to be moral because of fear of reprisals, to be liked and accepted, because it feels good, and because it's your natural instinct and difficult to go against without feeling terrible. I sincerely hope religious people are moral for these reasons as well, lest they discover there is no God and subsequently go psychopathic on us.
- I edit my posts post-facto, pretty often actually. If you reference them, the content may change over time (but the topic probably wont).
- I don't do a lot of research to ensure all my facts are correct, so please don't rely on any factual information without checking it first.
- You may find yourself "fired up" in opposition to my views. Just please keep in mind that you oppose the views, not me. If you are sure it is me you hate, please let me know so I can avoid you.
- I believe global warming is largely man-made, and could be dangerous in the long term if we don't clean up, yet I'm still interested in sunspot research (global climate is affected by many things).
- Politically I lean towards small government, free markets, and personal liberty; yet I refuse to be dogmatic about economics. Austrians may be under-appreciated, and Keynes over-appreciated, yet Austrians tend to be overly dogmatic, and Keynesians tend to be overly prescriptive, and everyone tends to be overly normative. Can't we all get along? There shouldn't be any permanent schizm among the non-normative theories.
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