From: Greg Jordan (jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 11 2003 - 14:32:39 MST
> > I don't see why. But maybe I'm unusual in having more
> > sentience-loyalty than species-loyalty.
This is an interesting statement. I don't know how unusual it is, but
maybe there's a false dichotomy here.
I'm interested in the transition of humans alive today, or their
descendants, into posthuman forms which by definition would be nonhuman
(not the human species), but human-descendant (lineally developed out of
the human species) because of self-guided change that will reflect
typically human concerns and characteristics.
This would be most closely the case if the posthumans were similar in
structure and format (organic, cellular, genetically modified from
humans), but might be true to a lesser extent by more exotic
means (humanlike programs and inorganic forms designed by humans). The
whole organic/inorganic distinction might be less important if
posthuman design follows the merging of (nano-)machine and biologicals
(cells).
gej
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jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu
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