I'd loose my troll credentials if I didn't respond to this. =| My position is that I feel that uploading is crowding out all other forms of transhumanism, especially ones that I find more interesting (read: sexy). Many of the writings of the several self-proclaimed transhumanists basically demand the conclusion that there is an ongoing program, that is quickly picking up momentum, to impose a new religious doctrine that states that Transhumanism really is nothing other than a single, very specific, form of mind uploading and that, after a grace period of maybe a week and a half, everyone who does not voluntarily upload, will be uploaded anyway but an attempt will be made to conceal this fact and the uploadee will be expected to somehow enjoy being in this prison that is Just Like Earth(tm).
I'm writing a response to that, currently at 41,000 words. =P I think I'm going to have to write a post to the other list.... John Rose wrote: > 2. Many, or most religions already have had a "transhumanist" element, that > is leaving the body in the afterlife for example. > > Contemporarily created religions naturally will have the "afterlife" more > practically spec'd out, for example if you wanna go Linux or Windows, be > cross-platform or whatever. The soul might be an RFC and have XML web > services interface. We might celebrate the birth of Sergey Brin and create a > high-tech digital hell where your mind upload is tortured if you do wrong, > like for example being forced to watch Bucky and Pepito reruns while > listening to Leonard Cohen for 1000 years. > > Same old stuff but new technologies... -- IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. Powers are not rights. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
