[extropy-chat] BIO: Stem Cell Genes

Brett Paatsch bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au
Sat Dec 27 03:16:48 UTC 2003


Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:

> > > ### Oh, the technology is patented already (as a preliminary
> > > patent) and will be described in articles soon, but it will take
> > > years before its clinical application. I really can't say anything
> > > more.
> >
> > "Preliminary patent" seems like slightly confused lay-speak to me.
> > I don't think there is any legally significant subset in the set of all
> > US patents that is meaningful referred to as "preliminary".
> 
> ### Yes, you are right, I meant provisional patents. Sorry for the
> confusion.

Thanks for clarifying. I often find your posts to be amongst the best
to read. You seem to appreciate the importance of intellectual property
and to be genuinely engaged with the technology.

I'm am concerned however that all extropes and transhumanist may
have a little bit too much of the all-too-human in us for our own good
- and I include myself in that.

I mean that I think we try and kid ourselves a bit about how easy 
things are, we are tempted to go for sugar coated solutions that we
don't have to work quite so hard to achieve. 

It can be hard to loose the illusions of childhood and when we do
we often seem to want to just replace them with better ones. But 
clear thinking matters. It matters if we are going to get to drink 
better than mirage water. 

Regards,
Brett










 





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