Re: `extropianism'? (was: Re: Are Extropians promoters of an ascetic ideal and alienation?)

From: Sébastien (p_chikara@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Aug 03 2003 - 22:36:19 MDT

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    >That would be my guess too. Adding "ism" seems to
    >be a way of caricaturising a set of ideas thereby making
    >it easier to attack. But it's one thing to be caricaturised
    >by those who one would naturally expect opposition
    >from and another to have one's confederates encourage
    >such caricaturisation by adopting their language.
    >
    >Actually, I think Robert was simply continuing to use
    >the term used by Sebastian Chikara.
    >
    >Alas, I think we have not seen the last of such 'own
    >goal' terminology as extropes talking of extropianism,
    >or critical thinkers professing their 'beliefs'.

    Euh... As pointed out by Freematt:

    http://www.extropy.org/ideas/principles.html

    Extropianism -- the evolving transhumanist philosophy of extropy.

    Sébastien Chikara

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