[extropy-chat] transhumanist nut jobs

[Joseph Bloch]

Absolutely; "nut job" in any context is never a compliment.

Joseph

Samantha Atkins wrote:

>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.
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>On Jul 14, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Alejandro Dubrovsky wrote:
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>>On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 21:41 -0400, Joseph Bloch wrote:
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>>>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".
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>>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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