From: "Adrian Tymes" <wingcat@pacbell.net>
> Even in that case, this becomes useful. This powersuit (powered, hard
> shelled suits) aka "mechanized armor" or "mecha") could become the
> basis for our new bodies
Dystopian writers and comic artists have been predicting since the 1960s that
people will need spacesuits or some such personal protective equipment just to
survive on Earth, which is becoming a toxic waste dump, not to mention the
possibility of pollution via bio-terror and chemical warfare. The wearable
self-propelled robotic suits that are designed for combat soldiers may end up
as the business suits of the post-evolutionary phase transition.
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Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego, human values, scientific relinquishment, malevolent AI
We move into a better future in proportion as science displaces superstition.
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