[extropy-chat] MISSING: Full Coverage of Max and ExI inWikipedia'sTranshumanism

[Robert Bradbury]

On 11/28/06, nvitamore at austin.rr.com <nvitamore at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
> "Dante's Paradiso is a successful journey into the mind, even if at the
> outset the experience looms ineffably ahead. The "transhumanized" mind
> (Par. I, 70) passes beyond human logic and its limits of time and space,
> ultimately conceiving paradisal landscapes by the blending and
> interpenetration of sights and sounds."


I would point out the flaw in this statement -- that there is "transhumanist
logic".  As a computer scientist I reflect back to logic is logic is logic.
  If one invokes extranormal logic then "normal" logic (and indeed all
rational thought) is worthless. Ands and Ors are Ands and Ors.  You cannot
merely assert that there is "logic" which exceeds the grasp of humans -- you
have to make the case that it really exists.  Otherwise this is merely an
exercise of asserting and inserting fantacy into reality.

One should draw a critical distinction in what the external reality actually
is and what one at any moment perceives it to be.  Communication sensors may
provide a semi-up-to-date view of reality but that is not "reality".

Robert
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