Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?
I'd be good with one of those Orgasm-atron thingys ..I have no concerns about cheating.. (hey! that's the ticket! I could have 'Morality in a Box) http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/09/erotic_selfstimulat.html -ljm --- On Sun, 5/17/09, Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@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, 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 no longer land on your feet? .. . . ronn! :) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?
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 ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?
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 no longer land on your feet? . . . ronn! :) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?
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? How about the Chinese, Japanese and Russians? Is this the new arms race? I suspect, yes, but it will probably be our grandkids worrying about it. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227083.700-will-designer-brains-divide-humanity.html?full=trueprint=true Follow-up: In fact, the above-referenced article is nowhere near as pie-in-the- sky as my prior comment suggests... These things will start of as Vinge-esque external annotation systems, I suspect. I hope I live long enough to wear one of those, but not sure I want to be as jacked-in as the article suggests with brain prostheses, although I've got a nice lime-sized hole in my brain to park it, should the need arise. Dave ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?
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 the new arms race? I suspect, yes, but it will probably be our grandkids worrying about it. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227083.700-will-designer-brains-divide-humanity.html?full=trueprint=true Right. Plug-ins for our brains. I think I'll opt out. If you've seen what a badly-written plug-in can do to a browser or PhotoShop, imagine what it can do to your brane. Dave Just think about how much trouble we have already with spell-checkers . . . :D Brane And Brane! What Is Brane?! -- Eymorg Cosmologist, Maru . . . ronn! :) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?
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 contests. How about political contests? . . . ronn! :) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?
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 will probably be our grandkids worrying about it. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227083.700-will-designer-brains-divide-humanity.html?full=trueprint=true Right. Plug-ins for our brains. I think I'll opt out. If you've seen what a badly-written plug-in can do to a browser or PhotoShop, imagine what it can do to your brane. Dave ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?
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 will probably be our grandkids worrying about it. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227083.700-will-designer-brains-divide-humanity.html?full=trueprint=true Follow-up: In fact, the above-referenced article is nowhere near as pie-in-the- sky as my prior comment suggests... These things will start of as Vinge-esque external annotation systems, I suspect. I hope I live long enough to wear one of those, but not sure I want to be as jacked-in as the article suggests with brain prostheses, although I've got a nice lime-sized hole in my brain to park it, should the need arise. Dave ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Will Brain Augmentation be considered Cheating?
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 Russians? Is this the new arms race? I suspect, yes, but it will probably be our grandkids worrying about it. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227083.700-will-designer-brains- divide-humanity.html?full=trueprint=true Probably will start with prosthetics here in the US. http://www.darpa.mil/dso/thrusts/bio/restbio_tech/revprost/index.htm May we learn something new today! We are approaching a singularity crossing. Keep both arms inside the carriage and hang on for dear life. xponent Unevingeful Maru rob ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
