From: Smigrodzki, Rafal (SmigrodzkiR@MSX.UPMC.EDU)
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 12:06:05 MDT
Harvey Newstrom wrote:
There is no question of whether John's method or my method will work or
not.
Both are entirely doable. As CEO's of our product line, we each are
making
different choices on how to proceed. What is frustrating with his
discussion, is people are acting like there is a single best choice, or
that
other choices are not scientifically doable. Some people seem to assert
that reality will support only one way or the other. This is not so. All
these choices are doable and functional for the future.
The only question left is "why?". Why does John not care about destroying
his old self? Why am I so insistent about not destroying my old self?
Why
do we even care if we live or die? What difference does it make to
anything
after we are dead? These are broad philosophical questions involving
personal preferences and choices. There is no right or wrong answer about
which kind of enhancements "should" exist. I assume the market will offer
all kinds of services, and consumers will choose the ones they prefer.
### I absolutely agree with all your words here and I like the way you state
the problem. In the future there will be lots of people freely choosing your
approach, Jonh's (and mine), or strange things we cannot even imagine. As
long as no coercion, deception and monopoly practices are used, "To each his
own".
Rafal Smigrodzki MD-PhD
Dept Neurology University of Pittsburgh
smigrodzkir@msx.upmc.edu
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