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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=severiansola@hotmail.com
href="mailto:severiansola@hotmail.com">Lee Berman</A> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>> I wonder what it means to take Gerry's position- that Severian is
using<BR>> science and technology. Is it possible that some uses of
technology are <BR>> a form of divine power while others are akin to magic,
i.e. performed for <BR>> selfish human wants? Scary. (how many SF Holy
Atomic Bombs have been <BR>> created...how many real
ones?) </DIV>
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<DIV>I never said Severian is using science and technology. What I am
arguing is that whatever Severian is doing is understood by the Hieros (though
not by Severian) in terms of their science.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Gerry Quinn</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>