[extropy-chat] "Shall we enhance?"

[Metavalent Extropianism]

Keep in mind that Deseret is code for "Mormon Church"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret  so there is always a loving, but
apparently jealous and somewhat insecure "Heavenly Father" out there
-- whom one day, "we shall be like, for he was once as we" according
to the cult's dogma -- dictating our boundaries.  Of course, only
specially selected humans who have played by the cult's bizarre rules
are authorized to explain to the rest of us what Heavenly Father finds
acceptable.  All the leading religions are extremely scary on their
own demerits, but the LDS wackos are especially frightening if you ask
me.  So, as is so often the case, one need only consider the source to
get a pretty good sense of motives and rationale.


On 1/14/06, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> Dear Ms. Jarvik
>
> You write:
> "How smart should we be allowed to be? How tall? How happy?"
>
> These are among the strangest and most distressing questions I have ever
> seen printed in a responsible journal, or indeed any outside totalitarian
> societies. "Allowed" by whom? Implicitly, you condone the suggestion that
> someone else has a moral right to reduce or limit my intelligence and
> happiness, or that of my children. Extraordinary!
>
> Damien Broderick, PhD
> University of Melbourne
> Australia


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