On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Zero Powers wrote:
> That said however, given the choice I'd go for the cybergnosticism
> simply because, given enough computing power, data and sensors a
> meat-based body would be of no benefit. There would be no experience
> in the material world which could not be compelling duplicated (even
> significantly enhanced) in the VR world.
Not only that, but you can freely mix it with living in the physical
world, though it would be much, much slower, and probably require
nonsentient automation to manipulate, as no one could afford to slow down
for meaningful periods of time without losing touch.
-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204/">leitl</a>
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