[ExI] The Manifesto of Italian Transhumanists
Damien Broderick
thespike at satx.rr.com
Sat Mar 1 00:34:30 UTC 2008
At 06:28 PM 2/29/2008 -0600, Bryan Bishop wrote:
>[estropico wrote:]
> > Italy (like any other country) is unique. Part of its "uniqueness" is
> > the presence of the Vatican and the power of catholic institutions.
>
>What power? Money? They certainly don't have supercomputers, they don't
>have massive research institutions, they don't have neurofarms, the
>only power they have is lots of listeners and a widely distributed
>mental program. What does this power have to do with transhumanism?
Uh oh. Have you never heard of Stalin's famous contemptuous taunt:
"How many divisions does the Pope have?"
Damien Broderick
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