From: John Calvin (mercurial@disinfo.net)
Date: Sat Dec 18 1999 - 11:54:38 MST
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 02:06:49 +0000 Geoff Smith <geoffs@interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
>Has anyone actually read the Wired Article? It makes Extropians sound
>like a bunch of clueless loonies. In fact, I think the author's words
>were "overzealous amateurs." Ouch!
>
>Robert Bradbury fairs particularly poorly, and it makes the biotech
>futures conference sound like a big waste of time:
>
>http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.01/forever.html
>
>However, once you get past the first few paragraphs, he stops talking
>about extropians, and starts talking about life extension. Then the
>article becomes worth reading.
>
>I'm having a hard time deciding whether this articles is a net.
While I had heard of the Extropians some time ago I had only breifly glanced at some of the material, and the web site, etc.
It was the Wired article that prompted me to join the mailing list.
John Calvin
mercurial@disinfo.net
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