Things are actually more like they are
now than they ever have been before.
The incomprehensibility of a
super-intelligent super-organism -- a
"metaman" -- does not preclude its
creation. But if what the human race has
done to unpopular genii of the past
indicates what might happen to Metaman,
than it (he? she?) will probably suffer
a fate similar to that of say Galileo
or... fill in the heretic of your own
choice. I guess the only way to find out
is to build the artificial life form (or
grow it). Cultural creatives such as
extropians may have a slight edge as
early adaptors to a world populated by
liberated mechanical genius. Or does
"mechanical genius" constitute an
oxymoron? Before building this golem,
maybe we should first indulge in a bit
of special ethnic cleansing: get rid of
the nincompoops who overpopulate the
Earth with their idiotic progeny.
Cheers,
J R