Re: Clueless Bio Futurists

From: Emlyn (emlyn@one.net.au)
Date: Fri May 18 2001 - 02:07:33 MDT


> Hi,
>
> > Looks like procedings from a conference I attended last year.
> > They're not clueless, given that you reject a singularity
> > and anticipate human expansion will follow a sigmoid curve.
> > While we all agree the sigmoid is unlikely until we bump
> > the limits of nature, others disagree. A lot genuinely
> > believe we'll knock ourselves off soon.
>
> Yeah, I'm one of them. 30 years, I'd say.
>
> Dwayne
>

You've got the conch shell, Dwayne. I'd like to hear your reasoning.

I don't think you are alone in this idea, although I am yet to be convinced
of it's validity. If I keep seeing documentaries about Easter Island,
though, I might start having nightmares...

Emlyn



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