From: Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Fri Dec 20 1996 - 11:20:43 MST
On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote:
> Try turning it around: What would happen if it turns out that uploading
> won't work because people DO have immortal souls, and a scientific proof
> to that effect is found? What would that do to the Extropian community
> and people in general?
I think the die-hard rationalists would of course refuse to believe in
it, claiming it was due to some obscure quantum effect. :-)
But if there are immortal souls, why not improve them? What about
augmenting karmic balance or equiping them with spiritual bionics? I think
we can drive the religious people nuts anyway...
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