Re: `extropianism'? (was: Re: Are Extropians promoters of an ascetic ideal and alienation?)

From: Hubert Mania (humania@t-online.de)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 01:53:35 MDT

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    Damien wondered:

    > In the case of `extropy', I find it hard to see how this recently coined
    > noun has any special claim to group-membership status. The usual patterns
    > in German (I think) suggest that the equivalent term for extropy theory in
    > that language would be `extropismus', akin to `extropism' in English--as
    > indeed it does seem to be used in Europe--and I admit that's rather ugly.

    I remember similar discussion a couple of yeras ago among German
    transhumanists how to translate the extropy related terms. "Extropismus"
    would indeed be a possible solution, but I believe almost every native
    German speaker would feel that this sounds a bit indecent or at least
    ridiculous, since the stress is not on "ex" but on the syllable "pis" and
    this does not sound soft but rather like "piss".

    I guess, back then we agreed on

    extropian = Extropianer
    extropian principles = extropische Grundsätze
    extropianism = Extropianismus

    Hubert

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