From: Smigrodzki, Rafal (SmigrodzkiR@msx.upmc.edu)
Date: Mon May 27 2002 - 02:10:18 MDT
I did not write the following statement, actually made by Nick, although I
happen to fully endorse it.
Rafal
-----Original Message-----
From: Samantha Atkins [mailto:samantha@objectent.com]
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 12:35 AM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: Re: Therapeutic cloning - technical fix to one objection?
Smigrodzki, Rafal wrote:
>
> Nick Bostrom [mailto:nick@nickbostrom.com]wrote:
>
> While it's hard not to find the idea of creating
> and then slaughtering anencephalics repugnant, it is also hard to make any
> good sense of this aversion.
You mean besides the fact that it is a grisly business that
will, with any luck at all, be pointless long before it is even
possible? Whether there is any "good sense" to it or not, I
choose not to preserve my life and health by such means.
- samantha
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