[extropy-chat] ExI - Discussing Ideas and Debating them

[Dirk Bruere]

On 9/12/05, nvitamore at austin.rr.com <nvitamore at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Dirk
> 
> >How about scrapping ExI-Chat and replacing it with:
> >ExI-Society
> >ExI-Technology
> >ExI-Debate
> >etc?
> 
> How about:
> 
> ExI-transhumanist-society, etc.?
> 
> The problem is that when ExI formed I do not believe that it anticipated
> aother transhumanist organization coming along and discounting its
> origination of the philosophy of transhumanism and it major contributions
> to the transhumanist movement. BIG disappointment.
> 
> Well, the origins of Transhumanism go back before ExI.
Back in the mid-70s we referred to ourselves as "Immortalists" and were 
talking about such technologies as computer interfacing to the brain and 
uploading. I doubt we were the first to do so.

Was ExI the first org that could call itself Transhumanist (and no, just 
renaming something does not count).

And to answer another comment on my suggestion for splitting the list, I 
just threw it in as a possibility.
If sub-categories were created I don't believe they would work simply 
because ExI-Chat would undermine their effectiveness.

Dirk
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