[extropy-chat] transhumanist nut jobs

[Samantha Atkins]

Using such a phrase is not a compliment.   It implies we are  
generally nuts but now and then may be onto something.  It should be  
objected to.

- s

On Jul 14, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Alejandro Dubrovsky wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 21:41 -0400, Joseph Bloch wrote:
>> I get the impression that "Transhumanist nut-jobs" is meant as a  
>> whole
>> category in and of itself. Not that there are non-nut-job
>> Transhumanists, but that all Transhumanists are nut-jobs. Kinda like
>> when Rush Limbaugh refers to "environmentalist whackos".
>>
> Agreed, but I thought it was meant as a compliment.  The piece didn't
> need to mention transhumanism at all if it was trying to insult when
> talking about a subject the writer obviously feels is a positive  
> change
> and that it is likely to become reality.   It's like saying "those  
> crazy
> bastards they seem to have been right on this one" and triggering the
> "what else could they be right about?".  Email feedback should ask for
> more of the same.
>
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