[extropy-chat] Seth and other nonsense

[Walter_Chen at compal.com]

I think it's very good to hear different comments from different people in
this list
(suppose most are interested in becoming transhumanists).
But I would try to avoid hot debates that I think won't make much progress
(for example, when voting for Bush or Kerry, there is really no truth to say
who must be right).
I don't believe in the Creator or God because I haven't found a satisfactory
reason.
But it also can not satisfy me if you say pure 4 physical forces alone can
evolve into
such complicated world and thoughtful human beings like you and me.
Maybe technology is not the best way to transcend the human limits.
And I don't understand why Seth-related stuff is nonsense.

Thanks.
 
Walter.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Damien Broderick [mailto:thespike at satx.rr.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 1:55 PM
To: Walter_Chen at compal.com; 'ExI chat list'
Subject: RE: [extropy-chat] Seth and other nonsense


Hi Walter

At 01:49 PM 11/15/2004 +0800, you wrote:

>As I said, I am still not sure who will be right eventually.

That's all very well, but the question remains: why are you posting this 
kind of thing on the extropy list, where almost everyone works from the 
assessment that Seth and such sources are mind-deadening nonsense? (Hara Ra 
might be an exception in this widespread opinion.) Do you feel the same way 
about creationism, for example, or vitalism, or personal guardian angels, 
and if you did would you be posting about it to extropy-chat? There's a 
thin line between honest open-minded questioning and trolling.

Damien Broderick 

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