[LMB] Re: "All true wealth is biological."

[Treehouse 3]

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>>>> Good evening, Dendarii listers
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>>>> I'm quotation collector and I'd like opinions on this one from
>>>> "Mirror Dance".
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>>>> "All true wealth is biological."  spoken by Aral Vorkosigan.
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>>>> First, is the quote factual ?
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>>> What do you mean by "factual"?
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>> Are all other forms of wealth of lesser quality to biologicals ?
>> That is, might they be a derivative or subset, or playing in a
>> supporting role ?
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> Well, see, I don't think that's a question of fact.  Like most
> value judgments, it's a philosophical rather than a factual
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> --Margaret Dean
>   <margdean at erols.com>

About factual vs. value judgment.  Yes, the first selection of what  
is designated as the most wealthy appears to be a value judgment.     
 From there, one should be to construct a web of logical  
dependencies.     Even so, the first selection can be analyzed in  
that same web.