RE: Infanticide and Extropy

From: jeff davis (jrd1415@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 13:12:30 MDT


Extropes,

--- "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com> wrote:

<snip>

> If you had the choice of designing "human"
> offspring, why would anyone in
> their right mind choose to expose other humans to
> such a difficult and risky process? Wouldn't
> children be "born" with the experience of as many
> adults as you could find willing to contribute to
> the process?
>
> Robert

Possibly. But the process of 'awakening', through the
stages of maturation--particularly the innocence, joy,
and wonder of childhood--I would not discard these
lightly.

And I have been wondering recently if the plasticity
of the uploaded personality would make possible a
restoration of that state of grace. Lovely place to
go for a vacation.

Best, Jeff Davis

      "We don't see things as they are,
             we see them as we are."
                        Anais Nin

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