Re: Future Day (March 1), conceived by AI researcher Dr. Ben Goertzel

2012-02-29 Thread meekerdb
On 2/29/2012 11:42 AM, John Mikes wrote: Richard: a fine idea, just necessitates to look a bit into the future. I have another question in this compartment: Why are people celebrated only when they are dead? Because then you have more confidence that they're not going to do something stupid.

Re: Future Day (March 1), conceived by AI researcher Dr. Ben Goertzel

2012-02-29 Thread John Mikes
Richard: a fine idea, just necessitates to look a bit into the future. I have another question in this compartment: Why are people celebrated only when they are dead? Somebody dies and the media goes out of it's way to eulogize in superlatives. Why did they not do this a dy before the person depart