From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sat Dec 30 2000 - 16:51:00 MST
> Perhaps the most zealous proselytizers for this new brand of Homo Cyber
are
> the post-humanists known as the Extropians (www.extropy.com). The
Extropians
> spend a lot of time plotting out neo-Darwinian future scenarios
dominated by
> futuristic technologies. Navigating their Web site, you will find
optimistic
> predictions of off-world space colonies, advanced robotics, artificial
> intelligence, nanotechnology and life extension through mental
downloads.
> Like religious mystics, the Extropians meticulously plan for the day
when
> technology will free us forever from the clutches of the earth, the body
and
> death itself.
Mmmmmmmaybe... but with all this plotting and planning and predicting, we
might not have enough time to do much proselytizing. No time to tribune in
Chicago, Bucko.
Stay hungry,
--J. R.
3M TA3
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Useless hypotheses: consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind,
free will
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