From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Mon Jul 02 2001 - 11:42:20 MDT
Vide the old "'Man is the animal that thinks' Vs. 'Man is the machine that feels'" dialectic.
The conversation continues to matter, even if we grow weary. "Six billion people, times thousands of decisions each...
time to get cracking." --MMB
Robin Hanson wrote:
>
> Samantha Atkins wrote:
> >**SPOILERS **
> >Do we meat beings really think that our emotions are what is
> >best about us and that feeling them utterly and monomaniacly is
> >a mark of tremendous virtue?
>
> Unfortunately, I'd say yes, this is what most people really think.
> You may dislike the movie because it does not embody your hopes,
> but I like it because it embodies my quite realistic fears.
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