-Caveat Lector- "Ric Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > That'd be a way to do it. And 10 years ago Ed Regis promulgated > some ideas in GREAT MAMBO CHICKEN AND THE TRANSHUMAN CONDITION, like > to encode space-hardened spores, or radioactive dust motes or some > such, with a mechanism that'd recreate our consciousness wherever > they landed. So you imprint your consciousness onto the spores/dust > and shoot'em out, and if they enter a salutary atmosphere they build > something that may not exactly be hominid, it'd have to be adapted > to the local conditions, but it'd have your thoughts. A nice, easy, > low-energy way to occupy the universe, eh? "Hey, I'll meet you on > the far side of the local supercluster for a beer, what say?" > > Of course, this'd let totalitarian/sectarian assholes try to take > over the universe too, sending their little Nazi/XianID/Reptilioid > thought-streams to the far reaches of reality. I foresee bitter > ideological spore-wars, divergent evolution of mutually incompatible > mental structures, locked in combat BEYOND mere "life and death", > trying to imprint their paradigms across the cosmos. Yow. > > Maybe flinging encapsulated DNA would be less divisive, more con- > tollable - but controlled by who? What's the next conspiracy? > Weird thought--ideology would have to move away from racism per se to something else, maybe <oog> spore-ism? Consciousness-ism? And the timeline for spore-wars would have to be so long, approaching infinity (esp. with what appears to be an open-ended expanding universe), that you're forced to assume the perspective of something like Stapledon's "Star Maker"... Add in Tipler's hypothesis that at the end of time, Life will opt to recreate (IIRC, it's been a while since I read his book) every being that has ever existed--even in potentia, if I'm interpreting some of the implications of his notion correctly... You could have the choice of creating your own personal universe, or you could be uploaded to the Cosmic OS...would eternal existence as part of the CPU of the ultimate AI count as Nirvana? And what happens when time really *does*...end? Gee, we're getting horribly philosophical here today, aren't we? Bob ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
