Yesterday I read the Wall Street Journal's online article on the career of Robert A. Heinlein,
noted Science-Fiction author. My brother Jim, a scientific genius in his own right, felt that some
of the ideas that Heinlein came up with were junk, & I tend to agree with him. Example 1:
in his novel The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress,his main character comes up with the saying "TNSTAAFL(There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch)". Yet that saying is in itself not true.
In all our travels with our friend (& fellow political activist) Joe Long, we've had hundreds of
free lunches. And we've also paid for the free lunches of others on many occasions. O.K., you say,
you're taking this too literally,it's just a metaphor. But guess what, friends? On a societal level,
there are many social programs sponsored by the government that end up being a free lunch
for the poor and downtrodden. And do they pay for them? NO! But we the taxpayers do. So how
can you say that there's no such thing as a free lunch? Jim says that's a tautology & a straw man
arguement,at best. What's your opinion?
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