[extropy-chat] My Dilemma

[Randy Burkhardt]

Samantha, Samantha, Samantha

On 7/6/06, Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Jul 5, 2006, at 3:58 PM, BillK wrote:
>
> > On 7/5/06, Robert Bradbury wrote:
> >> .. For example I can make a very good case that the war in Iraq
> >> will in
> >> retrospect end up having cost millions, perhaps tens of millions
> >> of lives
> >> (due to the fact that that money that will be unavailable for
> >> nanomedical
> >> related developments that would significantly extend the lifespan of
> >> millions of people).
> >>
> >
> > You could also make a case that the war in Iraq will save millions of
> > lives by driving the Singularity technology forward. Research on
> > robotic vehicles, robot bomb investigators, robots to go into tunnels,
> > robot flying vehicles, new weaponry, new medical facilities, new
> > bionic limbs, new armor technology, new radars, nano technology,
> > computer systems, ..... the list goes on.
>
> Largely fantastical I am afraid.  The troops don't have adequate old
> fashioned armor.  Their are some new pieces of military hardware and
> some robotics but arguably not as much as the same money invested in
> the civilian R&D world would bring and much more focus toward
> aggression and worrisome uses of technology than might otherwise be
> the case.  Plus we are increasing world volatility and the likely
> escalation of this so-called "war on terror" .  It is perverting our
> civil liberties and much of the domestic agenda.
>
> > There is a vast amount being
> > invested in pushing research on as fast as possible to support the war
> > in Iraq.
>
> That is certainly no justification for this pointless war.
>
> - samantha
>
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