RE: META: The spirit of the Extro list

From: natashavita@earthlink.net
Date: Wed Nov 15 2000 - 14:38:18 MST


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"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com> Wrote on
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:04:42 -0500
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>This is the Extropians list. This is the place for science
and edgy high-tech future shock.<

I don't think this is actually true or realistic, Eli. I love
science, but it's certainly not the main draw. If so, it would
become a homogenous same-same-voice that thinks it has a leg
up on intriguing notions. Too much emphasis on science is like
communicating with a single processing power.

Edgy high-tech future shock? Hey, relax and olfac-flex. Extropic
thinking in its finest produces a well organized system of knowledgeable
behaviors performing in a synergistic capacity, and not run on
any single slice of science.

Alluring and mind-spanking ideas about SI are created by multi-task
mental architects, not dogmatized profession mongers.

Natasha

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