From: Hubert Mania (humania@t-online.de)
Date: Fri Feb 07 2003 - 00:00:09 MST
Lee wrote:
> But again (hoping that the paragraph just written is not taken
> out of context), we must NEVER lose sight for a moment of the
> eventual goal of saving EVERYONE'S life. We must attain the
> very highest moral position in all this, which is to understand
> and accept N.F. Fyodorov's Common Task, that is, if scientifically
> possible, the resurrection of every person who has ever lived.
> I fervently pray that Tipler's hypotheses turn out to be correct,
> that information is never in fact lost, and that through an
> eventual Omega Point everyone lives forever. About Fyodorov:
> http://www.venturist.org/fyodorov1.htm
When I read Tipler, I remember I was wondering why on earth he wanted to
haul back every person who had EVER lived back into life again. From that
moment on I thought he must be completely nuts. I guess, it's fine to
*think* about the possibility of doing it in order to make clear how much
power would be on our hand, once we would slide and shiver into Omega Point.
But then, am I really that naive or would that mean I had to sign up for
taking - let's say - half a dozen resurrected mongolian warriors who died in
a tribal skirmish with Western Siberians some 30.000 years ago into my
apartment and explain them the use of the TV remote control, get enough
mammoth meat for them to eat and help them getting along with the
application form for social security?
I mean what great effort would it mean to provide a job for all the humans
who had ever lived? What would you do with Stalin, Hitler and Pol Pot?
Gently brain wash them with a love-peace-and-happiness neuro linguistic
program? Well, this might be a fine retraining course for the six mongolian
warriors in my apartment. NLP trainers who spread the Kantian/Extropian
message amongst their war loving contemporaries. Think about some animal
right fighters who make it to the Omega Point! Would they stand up for
resurrecting all primates who had ever lived? Dolphins? This might get
pretty crowed down here. Another fine reason for exploring space and
supporting NASA.
Cheers
Hubert
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