From: lkh@mail.cei.net (Lee Kent Hempfling)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:10:03 GMT
Organization: Neutronics Technologies

"Phil Roberts, Jr."  enunciated:


>My list of naturalistic reductions is based on the presupposition that 
>Evel's behavior wasn't prudent and therefore naturalistically anomalous 
>both in terms of his personal well-being and in terms of perpetuating 
>his DNA. If you are suggesting that it was actually done for practical 
>reasons (money is also status enhancing, don't forget) rather than 
>emotional ones, pick another example, e.g., celibate monks, self-endangering 
>Greenpeacers, mountain climbers ("its what the mountain tells you about 
>yourself"). But since you are implying that Evel's behavior is reasonable 
>in practical terms, I assume we will all get to see you up on the ramp 
>in the near future, eh?  After all, think of all that money.

As contrary as it may sound; I am not in this for the money. I dont'
have any yet I don't want any, personally.  That is why I only own 1
percent of my own company. The assertion was to point out that just
because something can be evaluated to the extreme, oft times the
obvious is overlooked. I can not argue the status enhancing issue, but
since I don't care for any myself it didn't relate. That may sound
silly, but it is true. I've even pledged publicy to give away 90
percent of what I earn from this company's technologies.

lkh
Lee Kent Hempfling...................|lkh@cei.net
chairman, ceo........................|http://www.cei.net/~lkh/ntc/
Neutronics Technolgies Corporation...|http://www.aston.ac.uk/~batong/Neutronics/