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Seems everybody everywhere has this problem.
Ever wonder why most people just don't seem to be able to relate to = transhumanist ideas. Could it be a lack of interest or lack of = intellect? Is there any way that we can do to change this sad state of = affairs? I'm pretty sure the world would be much better off for it.
Leon
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From: Julien, Howard (c) <Howard.Julien@mci.com>
To: 'extropians@extropy.com' <extropians@extropy.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 12:46 AM
Subject: RE: Transhumanist Kids [was: Re: FW: Immortality ...]
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For what it's worth I'm 50 and have had this problem all my life, at =
least until I stumbled onto this list.=20
It was a major revolution to me that there was an organized(?) group = out there that I could relate to.=20
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From: christophe delriviere [mailto:darkmichet@bigfoot.com]=20
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 1998 2:02 PM=20
To: extropians@extropy.com=20
Subject: Re: Transhumanist Kids [was: Re: FW: Immortality ...]=20
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Erin Jones wrote:=20
> Well, I barely discuss it with my friends. Actually during one =
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> period I showed one of my friends the Extropian Homepage, heh, she =
> really wasn't very interested. I don't think they really =
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> and it doesn't really appeal to them. Then again I'm not quite =
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> anything appeals to them. Heh. I'm not even sure if they have ever =
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> the word transhumanistic. The people I hang out with aren't really =
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> me. They listen to the same music as me, you know like Nirvana, =
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> Inch Nails... But I've never really met anyone that is interested =
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> same ideas and thoughts as me. That's kind of why I joined the =
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Ah... don't worry, I'm 23 and I've the same problem ;)....=20
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