Because everyone's equipping themselves to win in the intellectual realm, and I was wondering how many were equipping themselves to win in the physical realm.
I was wondering how many were equipping themselves to win in the physical realm.
The sort of victory LWers are looking for, I hope, is winning as a result of a cooperative effort to gain more knowledge. In a sense, it's us ("us" includes all relatively honest seekers of knowledge, not just LWers) vs. the universe.
Winning in the physical realm should include some estimate of the odds of needing weapons.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.