From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Sep 05 2002 - 02:34:43 MDT
Anders Sandberg wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 08:12:07AM +0200, Amara Graps wrote:
>
>>It seems that some from the Stormfront White Nationalist Community
>>are reading the extropians list and passing that information around.
>
>
> Reading this list is no proof of sanity. Or pleasant views.
>
> As James Hughes pointed out in his text about the politics of
> transhumanism (and as I have repeatedly experienced myself),
> there is a small cluster of people with transhumanism-like views
> (i.e. an interest in technological transformation of humanity)
> that overlaps with the eugenics/racist community. It just goes
> to show that ideology matters: if transhumanism is viewed as
> believing in transformative technology, then they are
> transhumanists. If it is viewed as a continuation of the
> enlightenment humanist tradition, then they clearly aren't.
I don't precisely follow that. There is no reason that you
cannot believe in transformative technology and large parts of
the enlightenment humanist tradition. Do you have some specific
conflicts in mind? And what does either have to do with white
racism?
- samantha
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