[extropy-chat] POLITIK IN THE WTA... symbolic of a fundamental human defect

[Lifespan Pharma/Morris Johnson CTO]

Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:

>I find that Jose didn't need to use invective against James. Calling
>him a "scorpion" is unseemly. However drastically I disagree with his
>worldview, and his way of running the WTA discussion lists, there is
>no place for such words in civilized discourse.
>  
>
As human connectivity converges it will be interesting to see how 
philosophical differences can continue to co-exist.
This may be the single biggest challenge of the singularity.
How to allow for the co-existance of diverse world views.

Virtualization of many radical and bizzare worldscapes might 
compartmentalize some, but who or how can it be
determined what is to be discouraged and what is to be allowed to run 
unfettered in a segregated domain.

Most humans might eventually want to experience all possible divergent 
and bizzare lifestyles conceivable
if they can return to their own thoughtspace to reflect and continue 
forward, sort of like going to movies.

As with ST type holodeck programs , which should be able to gain 
physical existance, and which
should remain virtually imprisoned to the holodeck?

Will posthumanity succeed in a social sense or will it be necessary to 
become like Vulcans to survive without
a philisophical WAR of Minds the likes of which we can barely concieve of.

Will we develop a symbiotic duality between a rational entity and a 
social entity.  Might we relegate our social side to a holodeck world of 
experiences  and
only allow our rational entity to have a physical existance.

Immortality might become our undoing if these issues are not properly 
dealt with before any singularity occurs.