Re: Can You Live Forever? Esquire article
J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Mon, 10 May 1999 19:16:27 -0700
Natasha wrote,
>>Yes, I particulary appreciated this last parapraph from Wilson's book.
(snip)
>
>This last paragraph shows that Wilson would like to preserve the human
>biology and does not support augmentations. I'm a bit confused, I thought
>you disagreed with my initial statement.
The preservation of human biology does not contradict or disagree with
extropy (or with you I imagine).
What Wilson referred to in his last paragraph of _Consilience_ has to do
with prosthesis, not with augmentation. Extropian augmentation amplifies
human biology. Entropic prosthesis merely supplies crutches and accessories
to devolving organisms.
--J. R.
CEE CEE Rider:
Conservative Existential Empiricist
Consilient Extropian Environmentalist