[extropy-chat] Transhuman Military

[Adrian Tymes]

--- "T.Theodorus Ibrahim" <theo at gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> There
> does seem to be this rather strange (or maybe not so strange)
> military -
> transhuman axis.

Not so strange.  Military is one of the most obvious and easy
applications of transhuman tech.  Put another way: >H tech is, in a
sense, about increasing one's personal power - and military is all
about power.

From: "J. Andrew Rogers" <andrew at ceruleansystems.com>
>  There were a lot of geeks and proto-extropians in the military
> when I
> was in -- it is not a cadre of ill-educated hicks as is a popular
> notion.

This misperception again comes because the military is all about power.
Raw, barbaric, physical power is what most people have experience with
- think schoolyard bullies.  It actually takes a bit of training to see
the force multiplier that intellectual power gives; fighting smartly,
rather than just harder, is the true advantage that military, martial
artists, and other trained fighters have, but it can be difficult to
see it (as opposed to the relatively minor effects of increased
physical hardiness, muscles, et cetera) if one does not know what to
look for.  (Kind of like judging any advanced art, when one does not
know the basics of the art.)