RE: Converting scientists into transhumanists (was Re: seti@home

Rob Harris Cen-IT (Rob.Harris@bournemouth.gov.uk)
Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:37:56 +0100

> and that there's nothing special about meat-minds that can't
> be done with metal-minds; just as it seems like common sense that
> we shouldn't be unique in the universe, and that aliens will share
> with us some basic ideas of math and physics and communication. I
> firmly believe all of those myself (or at least most of them).
>
Why? What evidence do you have? Especially for the meat-metal minds

thing.....seems to me like  gross and most unfounded assumptions based on
jack shit. Hardly "Common Sense". You give it away with the use of the word
"believe". People subconsciously use it as an "I'm about to start talking
shit" marker all the time.......are you?

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