[ExI] The Manifesto of Italian Transhumanists

[Damien Broderick]

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