[ExI] Gustav Coming to Louisiana: wish me luck

giovanni santost santostasigio at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 30 21:07:21 UTC 2008


Hi Fellow Extropians,
I live in Lake Charles, LA. The University where I teach (McNeese State) was damaged heavily by Rita few years ago. Hopefully we will make it safe this time. Wish me luck.
What we could do if we had a more advanced technology to stop these storms or even better siphon their energy for useful purposes?
 

--- On Sat, 8/30/08, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:

From: Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [ExI] People are Genuine Altruists, Sociopaths, or Confused/Moody
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 3:50 PM

At 01:26 PM 8/30/2008 -0700, Lee wrote:

>(2) if it was revealed to you that you were living in a simulation
>            wherein you were the only conscious person, and everyone
>            else merely a puppet under the manipulation of a cold,
>            distant, infinitely calculating entity who had no emotions
>            whatsoever... would your behavior towards others change
>            at all?
>
>           If you can answer yes to either (1) or (2), you possess genuine
>           altruism.

This has got to be wrong, and suggests a flaw in your definition of 
altruism (which I think must embody a benefit to some other person 
with interests). If you treat your toaster well, are you more 
altruistic than someone who never cleans it or even smashes it on the 
bench when it burns the toast?

Damien Broderick 

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