RE: What about the mystery?

From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Fri Aug 29 2003 - 19:20:45 MDT

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    So far, the answer seems to be "what, you'd rather be dead or suffering
    horribly?"

    http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030829.gtconuhughes29/B
    NStory/Technology/

    There's always a choice between treating well-phrased nonsense kindly and
    delivering a firm notice of no nonsense on the premises. The former tends to
    give the nonsense giver advantage...

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
    > [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Anders Sandberg
    > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:14 PM
    > To: extropians@extropy.org
    > Subject: What about the mystery?
    >
    >
    >
    > The Allknowing detected this for me:
    > http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/200
    > 30829/CONUHUMAN29/TPTechnology
    >
    > How perfect do we want to be?
    >
    > In seeking immortality and other godlike attributes,
    > we risk our very humanity, says ethicist MARGARET
    > SOMERVILLE
    >
    > At least a pleasantly non-shrill tone of criticism, and I
    > think it is worth considering what our answer to her ought
    > to be.
    >
    >
    >
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