[extropy-chat] Brian Alexander shooting fish in a barrel

Adrian Tymes wingcat at pacbell.net
Sat Jan 24 05:43:32 UTC 2004


--- Spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Some of this comment is true-ish.  It isn't clear to
> me
> why space-cadet names, Neitzschean pronouncements,
> metabrains
> and ultrahumans should make other people
> uncomfortable.  Perhaps
> that is just his point: I, an extropian, don't see
> why this kinda
> stuff should make people uncomfortable.  Someone
> please spell
> out for me why the squick factor on all this.  

Because of the always implied, "...and I, who must (by
unstated, unchallenged assumption) remain ever as I am
today or decay, will necessarily be left far behind
these highly improved creations.  If and when they do
come about, my life will automatically suck by
comparison."

Of course, you and I know that stasis and decay are
not inevitable.  If we did, then by definition, we
would not agree with Extropian philosophy - but we do.
That's part of what's so unintuitive to us about their
squick factor here.



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