From: E. Shaun Russell (e_shaun@uniserve.com)
Date: Tue Oct 08 1996 - 16:47:29 MDT
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>> = Chris Hind
> = Robin Hanson
>>Sure the big three extropian topics are the most important but we *NEED*
>>variety.
>
>Personally I am much more interested in getting deep enough into some
>topic to actually make some new intellectual progress, rather than
>briefly touching on hundreds of topics (workshop vs. party mode).
I agree. We should think things out before we do them. Refine
potential before it is made kinetic. For example, to use a story we all
know, look at "Frankenstein". That is really a transhuman novel. If only
Dr. Frankenstein had thought things out a bit better before he 'created a
monster', then he might have discovered a way to create a rationally
functioning, intelligent human being. Not to confuse fiction with fact, but
mental progress is as important --if not more so-- as kinetic progress.
Ingredi Externus!
-E. Shaun Russell
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