From: Damien Broderick (thespike@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 18:06:15 MST
Hal Finney asks:
>would it be so wrong to say that you want to make yourself
> a "better" human? Don't we all want to be better (and still human)?
> I'm missing the point about the problem with betterhumans.com.
Because it's cheesy
Because it's like BetterbutterFromBettercows
Because it's like BetterBlondBeasts
Because it's like HolierThanThou
(I know, that's actually me; oh well)
Because our foes and assorted idiots will leap on it with glee, jeering and
pointing, and you can't really blame them
Because "Betterhumans" combines tackiness with immediate connotations of the
"old" bad eugenics
...Just an immediate reaction from someone in the contentious meme trade.
Damien Broderick
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