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

[Eliezer S. Yudkowsky]

Jef Allbright wrote:
> Eliezer wrote:
> 
>>"How the United States Marine Corps Differs from Cults"
>>http://www.rickross.com/reference/brainwashing/brainwashing2.html
> 
> 
> What a relief to know that there's no "brainwashing or thought reform"
> going on in the US Marines.

What a relief to know that there's no "brainwashing or thought reform" 
going on in grad school.  There's an important difference in method, 
Jef, which is what the article is about.

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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence