[ExI] Gold

[Adrian Tymes]

On May 26, 2013 9:33 AM, "Alan Grimes" <ALONZOTG at verizon.net> wrote:
> It is your attitude that is jeopardizing transhumanism and reducing the
chances that we will actually get anything better than a somewhat effective
life-extension treatment.

To be fair, it is his misinformation, not his attitude.
He thinks that space travel is anywhere near
technologically developed, such that physics can
prevent dramatic price reductions in the manner
it can for, say, automobiles.  He fails to appreciate
that a good analogy would be an ancient Greek
saying that Hero's steam engine was proof that
motorized transportation could never be feasible.
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