Re: Is Eugenics Really A Bad Thing?

From: Emlyn (onetel) (emlyn@one.net.au)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2000 - 19:47:31 MDT


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From: Zero Powers <zero_powers@hotmail.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: Is Eugenics Really A Bad Thing?

> >From: "Emlyn (onetel)" <emlyn@one.net.au>
>
> > > OK, I know the Nazis were into it big time, and they weren't cool
dudes.
> > > But is wanting to improve the stock a bad thing?
>
> >I don't think it's really necessary from here on in. Besides the thorny
> >question of "Who
> >decides what perfect is"
>
> You do, and I do. We could each be our own Guinea pigs. Given the
chance,
> I'd love to maximize my cognition and memory. Don't necessarily want to
> upload, because it just doesn't feel like the software copy of my brain
> would be "me." But I'd love to be able to modify my BIOS so as to be able
> to interface directly with the 'net, without the benefit of some bulky
> computing device...you know, stuff like that.
>
> -Zero

That's not eugenics, that's personal modification, which I'm all for!

Emlyn



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