On 1/21/09, Dehler, Bernie <bernie.dehler@intel.com> wrote:
> I still don't know how "imminent" can co-exist with the thought that we may
> still be around in a few million years. That doesn't sound imminent at all.
It all turns on the definiton of the word, of course.
I take "imminent" to mean "at any time." No indication in the word as
to whether that time is 10 nanoseconds from now -- or 4 million years.
Clearly, those who read it as "within a very few years" will have a
different view on -- say -- global warming -- or social justice --
than those who understand it as I do.
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