Re: Mind/Body dualism What's the deal?

From: Damien Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 21 2001 - 14:07:31 MDT


On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 06:02:50PM +0200, Anders Sandberg wrote:

> > Yes, why would one on principle strive to become "pure information", as if

> about too, in a way. The difference is that the cybergnostic is not striving
> for the practical benefits but rather the ethical/aesthetic "purity" of not
> being embodied.
 
The material world seems destined to die. The cybergnostic may be striving
for a practical benefit of real immortality, believing "pure information" can
be eternal.

-xx- Damien X-)



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