[extropy-chat] transhumanism=doomsday cult b.s?

[BillK]

On 1/31/07, Ben Goertzel wrote:
> However, I might be overoptimistic to some extent.  I have inspected
> my mind carefully
> to try to remove overoptimism, but it's hard to know if one has
> succeeded
> in this sort of thing.  But even so, if I am optimistic, I would not
> classify
> it as "blindly" ...
>


Who cares? Optimistic people live longer and have better overall
life-coping strategies.

Keep up the good optimism!


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BillK