Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?

2009-05-23 Thread Leonard Matusik
...@bellsouth.net wrote: From: Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating? To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 7:23 PM At 06:09 PM Sunday 5/17/2009, Dave Land wrote: Chris, \On May 16

Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?

2009-05-17 Thread Dave Land
Chris, \On May 16, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote: Hi Dave: Did the medics get your pituitary? Chris f Nope, just a cat-brain-sized tumor in my right-frontal lobe. Dave Gave them a piece of my mind Maru ___

Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?

2009-05-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:09 PM Sunday 5/17/2009, Dave Land wrote: Chris, \On May 16, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote: Hi Dave: Did the medics get your pituitary? Chris f Nope, just a cat-brain-sized tumor in my right-frontal lobe. Dave Gave them a piece of my mind Maru So the bad news is that you

Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?

2009-05-16 Thread Chris Frandsen
Hi Dave: Did the medics get your pituitary? Chris f On May 14, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Dave Land wrote: On May 14, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote: Our society considers using hormone enhancement for improving physical performance cheating. Will we treat brain enhancement the same way?

Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?

2009-05-16 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:08 PM Thursday 5/14/2009, Dave Land wrote: On May 14, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote: Our society considers using hormone enhancement for improving physical performance cheating. Will we treat brain enhancement the same way? How about the Chinese, Japanese and Russians? Is this

Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?

2009-05-16 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:25 PM Thursday 5/14/2009, Rceeberger wrote: On 5/14/2009 12:03:43 PM, Chris Frandsen (lear...@mac.com) wrote: Our society considers using hormone enhancement for improving physical performance cheating. Only during contests. Will we treat brain enhancement the same way? Only during

Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?

2009-05-14 Thread Dave Land
On May 14, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote: Our society considers using hormone enhancement for improving physical performance cheating. Will we treat brain enhancement the same way? How about the Chinese, Japanese and Russians? Is this the new arms race? I suspect, yes, but it

Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?

2009-05-14 Thread Dave Land
On May 14, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote: Our society considers using hormone enhancement for improving physical performance cheating. Will we treat brain enhancement the same way? How about the Chinese, Japanese and Russians? Is this the new arms race? I suspect, yes, but it

Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?

2009-05-14 Thread Rceeberger
On 5/14/2009 12:03:43 PM, Chris Frandsen (lear...@mac.com) wrote: Our society considers using hormone enhancement for improving physical performance cheating. Only during contests. Will we treat brain enhancement the same way? Only during contests. How about the Chinese, Japanese and