From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Thu Jul 17 2003 - 07:17:54 MDT
Natasha Vita-More wrote:
>
> For example, being conserving energy and considering emotional
> sustainability, it is far better to not debate each and every
> biotechnology Luddite. Consider the recent debate with Greg Stock and
> George Annas. Greg was cool and stayed with the point, while Annas's
> augment zigzagged from space exploration to sodomizing children -
> totally off topic. Because of this, he lost a lot of credibility in the
> debating circle. His insults, finger pointing and sneering at Greg were
> so unappealing, while Greg stayed calm (maybe a bit too calm), and even
> if he missed the opportunity to nail Annas on some of his ridiculous
> points, he did conserve his dignity. Greg came out as the winner of the
> debate.
Are you sure? They looked about equal to me; Greg Stock might have been
slightly ahead, but not by much.
-- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/ Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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