[extropy-chat] Warwick: Could future computer viruses infecth umans?

[nsjacobus at yahoo.com]

Well mate, if i have my way, I'll be able to upload you before you are 
frozen so that you can have your immortality-cake and eat it too.

-NJ

On Nov 17, 2004, at 3:40 AM, Hara Ra wrote:

Indeed. I hope when I come back from freezing that I will see a 
'control panel' of thousands of items I can tweak to optimize my 
performance and enforce my preferences. Do note that the brain already 
does this, mostly via the pitituitary, but also by several other means. 
However I want total choice both biochemically and in perception. Ever 
saw the movie 'brainstorm'? Now add an editor.... and make it totally 
interactive.

At 10:51 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote:
> Rather than slavery, I was thinking more in terms of what you could do 
> if you could directly manipulate your own internal biochemical 
> environment with code. The compiler would be designed to filter out 
> any pathological results (hopefully).
>
> Consider: complete control over one's biological existence via code.
>
> -NJ

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Cheers,
Nige

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the dying, take orders, give orders, solve equations, pitch manure, 
program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die 
gallantly.
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