[extropy-chat] Human - Posthuman gap

[Rik van Riel]

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Samantha Atkins wrote:

> If it is wrong for them to keep us relatively dumb and short-lived would 
> it be right for us to force >human intelligence and indefinitely long 
> life span on them against their wishes?

That's just a post-human variation on the pro-life movement.
Very much against the libertarian principles many of the
people on this list hold when it comes to other areas. 

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Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
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