[ExI] Here's an idea: Let's torture sane people! =P

[Alan Grimes]

I'm feeling about ten different emotions about this subject simultaneously.

My post the other day had many intents, despite being written as a
bedtime flash of inspiration.

First, as I have already shown, it effectively tricked the uploaders
into arguing against their own fetish by forcing them to argue that no
link of any kind exists between the original an the copy.

Second, it was also an attempt to inject a meme that it might be
possible to build a hybrid mind architecture with a very non-zero chance
of success and with benefits far beyond what anyone has ever promised on
behalf of uploading. (Uploaders, as you see, spend all their time
defending their identity argument at the expense of any possibility of
radical cognitive enhancement!)

And then a miracle happened. Instead of launching into a thread about
radical intelligence augmentation through neural interfacing, someone
introjected "torture" into the argument. -- as if it has any relevance
to anything outside of Guantanimo Bay (mercy be upon those poor souls). =\

And then, desperate to avoid facing the real issue raised, everyone
jumps on the torture bandwagon.

Are there any real transhumanists on this list even slightly interested
in becoming a million times smarter than they are right now? Is it
really true that you don't wish for anything other than to have a
computer simulate a perfect (equally stupid, in the grand scheme) copy
of yourself? Sheesh!

Maybe we should declare this an electric car list, here's my newest
dream machine:

Factory 5 GTM chassis with a Getrag 1eDT330 power plant. ;)
SA-SA-SAWEEEEEEET!!!

Tragically, it appears that the Getrag power plant isn't available to
mere mortals. =((((

BTW, you can soon get a series hybrid with that power plant, it's made
by this company called http://fiskerautomotive.com/ . Not excessively
expensive either. =)

Just don't waste my time on the mechanics of gas turbines. =|


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