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From: Brian Atkins [mailto:brian@posthuman.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 10:22 PM
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Imagination, more important than intelligence?
Several recent threads have crystallized that subject line into my mind: Eliezer and his "sci-fi protects you against future shock" post, the whole morality thread and how intelligent people can view issues so differently, the post by John Clark about the smartest guy Sidis who didn't do much with his life, and my lack of success (so far) in sparking >H ideas in others.
It seems like the key ingredient to sparking a real >H revolution in the rest of the population is not brainpower, but rather simple imagination. The reason that people are not turned on by our ideas may not be due to intelligence, but rather simply because they cannot imagine what we describe, no matter what detail we go into.
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The future has arrived; it's just not evenly distributed.
-William Gibson
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RE: Imagination, more important than intelligence?
I'd have to agree, in fact most people don't even =
have the language to discuss/conceptualize >H memes. I've found over =
and over that trying to explain a foreign concept to someone meets with =
a great deal of resistance. People, in general, seem to feel (or at =
least act) as though you're either spoofing them or putting them down =
when you talk about things that they've never been exposed to. =
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Atkins [mailto:brian@posthuman.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 10:22 PM
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Imagination, more important than =
intelligence?
Several recent threads have crystallized that subject =
line into
my mind: Eliezer and his "sci-fi protects you =
against future
shock" post, the whole morality thread and how =
intelligent
people can view issues so differently, the post by =
John Clark about
the smartest guy Sidis who didn't do much with his =
life, and my
lack of success (so far) in sparking >H ideas in =
others.
It seems like the key ingredient to sparking a real =
>H revolution
in the rest of the population is not brainpower, but =
rather
simple imagination. The reason that people are not =
turned
on by our ideas may not be due to intelligence, but =
rather
simply because they cannot imagine what we describe, =
no matter
what detail we go into.
--
The future has arrived; it's just not evenly =
distributed.
&nb=
sp; &nb=
sp; &nb=
sp; &nb=
sp; -William Gibson
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Visit Hypermart at http://www.hypermart.net for free business =
hosting!
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