Re: Vogel says brain too complex to upload

From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Mon Apr 23 2001 - 11:48:48 MDT


Robin Hanson wrote:
>
> I don't find this argument very persuasive, but FYI:
>
> Here is the final report of an NSF conference on "Societal
> Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NSF":
> http://itri.loyola.edu/nano/societalimpact/nanosi.pdf
>
> On pages 146-147 one finds:
>
> SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION AND MEDICINE
> V. Vogel, University of Washington
>
> ...
>
> Science fiction rather than reality: The popular press has often aired

<snip>

> creativity. But it is important to remember that these nightmarish
> scenarios are put
> forward without any real biological understanding of the brain. For

"nightmarish" ?? Where do they get these people? And why is someone with
such obvious biases allowed to write important reports like this?

-- 
Brian Atkins
Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
http://www.singinst.org/



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