Re: PHIL: Good question

From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Wed Apr 23 2003 - 01:57:34 MDT

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    > (Keith Elis <hagbard@ix.netcom.com>):

    > What is the difference, if any, between transhumanist thinking
    > and rational thinking?

    Reason only describes the world; it is silent about /values/.
    Reason can only tell you what kinds of future are possible, and
    how to achieve them. It says nothing about which ones are desirable.
    It is entirely possible to live a totally rational life that values
    tradition, nature, and death. Transhumanism explicity values
    complexity, technology, and immortality. Extropianism also values
    freedom and emergent order. 

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