From: Vladimir Nesov (robotact@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 22 2008 - 18:41:02 MST
On Jan 23, 2008 2:55 AM, Randall Randall <randall@randallsquared.com> wrote:
> On Jan 22, 2008, at 5:44 PM, BillK wrote:
> > Besides, there is no requirement that a future posthuman civilization
> > will have such archaic hangovers that we might recognise as
> > 'individuals'.
>
> Speed of light implies individuals. I think it more likely
> that there would be nothing we'd recognize as "society" than
> "individuals".
>
What if you have a more or less uniform strap of thinking computronium
lightyears long?
-- Vladimir Nesov mailto:robotact@gmail.com
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