From: Benjamin Steigmann (blissentia@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 30 2009 - 18:56:12 MDT
This is probably the best look at the phenomenon of transhumanism that I
have ever seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FM8Wu9K4Z8&feature=PlayList&p=7B037599632D60DD&index=1It is only your evolved fear/love of _______ that attaches importance to *
To fully understand what this person is saying, I'd suggest watching the
entire playlist. The link will take you to pt. 2/9, as pt. 1/9 is the
introduction.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Matt Mahoney <matmahoney@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Most questions have an objective answer. This one does not. Do you "become"
> the program that simulates you? The answer you believe affects whether you
> will decide to upload. The true answer has no effect on anything.
>
> -- Matt Mahoney, matmahoney@yahoo.com
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Frank Adamek <f.adamek@yahoo.com>
> *To:* sl4@sl4.org
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:52:42 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [sl4] I am a Singularitian who does not believe in the
> Singularity
>
> It is only your evolved fear/love of _______ that attaches importance to *
> any* question.
> -Frank Adamek
>
> --- On *Wed, 9/30/09, Matt Mahoney <matmahoney@yahoo.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Matt Mahoney <matmahoney@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [sl4] I am a Singularitian who does not believe in the
> Singularity
> To: sl4@sl4.org
> Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 3:20 PM
>
> From: Giulio Prisco (2nd email) <eschatoon@gmail.com>
> > I am a Singularitian who does not believe in the Singularity
> >
> >
> http://cosmi2le.com/index.php?/site/i_am_a_singularitian_who_does_not_believe_in_the_singularity/
>
> I assume you mean that the singularity is a bad idea, rather than that the
> singularity is not going to happen.
>
> Such arguments seem to hinge on whether we *become* the gray goo that
> replaces humans, or whether we simply become extinct. The point is
> irrelevant. It is only your evolved fear of death and belief in
> consciousness that attaches importance to the question.
> -- Matt Mahoney, matmahoney@yahoo.com
>
>
>
-- Benjamin Steigmann
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