[extropy-chat] Organ printing

Adrian Tymes wingcat at pacbell.net
Fri Nov 18 06:12:47 UTC 2005


--- Brett Paatsch <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> I meant to determine what you personally knew about the topic
> because you'd linked a news splash story that already strained my
> credibility by associating "printing" with biological organs (though
> it 
> caught my interest as it was you that posted it and I'd heard Eugen
> talk of something similar) to your own notions on cryonics. 

Ah.  I'll admit, that particular link was a bit of a flight of fancy.
I'd hoped to note that by noting the other problems that would also
need to be solved, even assuming everything worked perfectly (without
the usual hiccups that plague endeavors like this), and that it was an
"extreme end" of this technology - but even so, perhaps I did not
stress enough how speculative that link was.  (Often when I post
speculation, one of the things I'm looking for is evidence that said
speculation either might be or definitely is wrong.)

It was not meant to represent that I had any great personal knowledge
of the topic.  Rather, it was mostly a "look at this neat thing these
other guys have come up with" post.

> > Admins: if he responds with flaming, I leave the response to you.
> 
> And I'll accept any response. 

I think we've peaceably settled this now.  :)

> I could have been more diplomatic. I probably should have 
> been less undiplomatic but I get impatient sometimes. 

I hear you.  I had to work on my own diplomacy on this one too.



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