EGO is a very strange acronym (I believe that is the word I want) it stands for Easing God Out. The god of chose today has become the worship of money.. Allan
No offense meant to my atheist and agnostic friends On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:08 PM, ashok tewari <[email protected]>wrote: > Gabby's view substantially represents my own. We've lived through 1000s of > such ' great ' discoveries and human achievements, only to be appropriated > by idiot politicians, power brokers and for - profit hawks. Nothing's > changed, except for the worse and even greater destructive effects. The > people who've put in the money have long waited for the returns, the money > bags are only willing to pay for it for 1000% return in the first year > itself, the end - use and the undisclosed or unintended consequences be > damned ! > > Only if the scientist were less pre - ejaculatory and more in control, less > gullible of their own thesis, less euphoric and more willing to research for > ALL the wrongs the achievement could result in, ALL the misuse it could be > put to ... perhaps over the next 25, 50 or 100 years, and put ALL their > findings up in the public domain ... with an independent public and > transparent regulatory authority to study it and oversee the entire process > ... perhaps, then, we'd have some idea of those FEW extremely discriminate > uses or application of the achievement without further endangering mankind, > life and being, and the environment. > > > > On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 4:56 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah, it reads a lot like 'recreation of life', true. >> >> To me it's another of these boy's toys. Like the military and space >> craft industry. Instead of taking care of the existing by-products of >> their shagging for God's world dominion they escape to regions where >> they still hold the reins. >> >> On 22 Mai, 17:48, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: >> > It seems that it should be possible to use something like DNA to seed >> > nanomachines, and cybernetic interfaces. Not the hollywood version but >> > versatile, scalable micro-controllable organisms. Beginning with the >> > requirements to reverse diseases like Parkinsons, Alzheimers, and cancer >> > would give us one hell of a blueprint to lay out an augmentation >> roadmap. >> > >> > It could remove many of the barriers of quality control and production, >> > for instance we might be able to produce something very useful today but >> > in a shabbly fashioned kludge and it still could cost an arbitrarily >> > huge sum. Take that thing or idea and remove those barriers. Perhaps >> > then our consumption/reproduction mania would be a little more obvious, >> > but I would also be wary of human error, ignorance, and megalomania. >> > >> > On 5/21/2010 9:37 PM, archytas wrote: >> > >> > > The news of computer created DNA and thus the human creation of life >> > > is a bit late. The chemistry has been with us for some time. So far, >> > > all I've seen in the media has the same old form - religious idiots >> > > and paranoid ethicists who don't give a damn about the world really, >> > > but want to spout anti-erudition as though this is clever. My feeling >> > > is that this stuff is as significant as the agricultural revolution >> > > and probably more so. >> > > The eventual stuff that interests me is the potential to change >> > > perception through biological means and build something worthier than >> > > humanity rather than just a life of hanging about until Rapture (my >> > > bet is the velocoraptors will get the Xtians) or evolution's next >> > > catastrophe appreciating art or erotica. >> > > > > -- > ASHOK TEWARI > -- ( ) I_D Allan Be Paranoid. God is always building a better idiot!!!
