From: Robert Owen (rowen@technologist.com)
Date: Fri Dec 03 1999 - 01:36:56 MST
Technotranscendence wrote:
> Note how the Atlanta Philosophical Society does not consider alternatives to
> dying and death. Maybe some on this list might attend or write to Johnson
> regarding this??? It's one way to bring our ideas into the debate.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Daniel Ust
Just wanted to mention a personal emotional catharsis: that
somebody, somewhere, is taking "death" seriously. A very
great relief from the strain of reading so many posts on its
technological evasion.
This is not meant to be critical of List Extropians; simply a
rather straightfoward application of Occam's Razor:
"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"
Death is nature's way of quantitatively compensating for birth,
and I claim that the principle of parsimony requires no more
human beings than absolutely necessary.
Bob
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