<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12 Nov 2006 16:41:38 -0000, <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter McCluskey</b> <<a href="mailto:extropy@bayesianinvestor.com">extropy@bayesianinvestor.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="mailto:rhanson@gmu.edu">rhanson@gmu.edu</a> (Robin Hanson) writes:<br>>Why should how we feel or what we think about be determined by where we are?</blockquote><div><br>Having recently gone through perrhaps one of the more extreme ends of the perspective of "reality" I will speak to this --
<br><br>Summarily: Most (98% to pick an arbitrary number) do *not* understand "where we are"!!!<br>Thus you are free to think or feel anything.<br><br>But one has to deal with 'What "humanity" "is"' placing a distinctive impression on my raison d'etre.
<br><br>I *know* what causes aging, I *know* how to extend longevity yet I see few benefits on the publishing of such knowledge. The discussions are pointless because the system is unwilling to adapt to a radically different framwork. Everytime you visit a doctor you should ask yourself "Are you going to kill me sooner *or* later?" because they *do not have* a concept of *who* you are.
<br><br>Robert<br><br></div><br><br></div>