[ExI] Is anyone an expert on Aristotle and Life?

[natasha at natasha.cc]

   Quoting Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org[1]:

> But, yes, the idea that there are substrate-invariant activity
> patterns which are extractable and transferable is one of the
> core idea behind migrating cognition to a new substrate.
> Which is a staple of transhumanism.

   Beautiful 'gene!

> The normative power of the factual is rapidly rendering
> objections coming from armchair philosophy as immaterial as
> animism and phlogiston of yore -- and good riddance.

   Aristotle wore the hat of biologist when we wrote de Anima.   
I'd definitely not say good riddance to biology or philosophy for that  
matter since transhumanism is a philosophy ...

> The only fly in the ointment

   I'll tell that to Micheal Rose. :-)

   >is that innovation proceeds by
> way of the graveyard.

   Damn nasty thing.

   Natasha

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