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At 04:55 PM 11/6/2007, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Tuesday 06 November 2007
06:22, BillK wrote:<br>
> 'Cause if you have a movement that makes people unhappy, you might
as<br>
> well give up now and do something else.<br><br>
To transcend the bio would be to also transcend emotion.
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Emotions are a big category with a heck of a lot of biological
history. Some are beneficial and some are detrimental. The
more we learn about neuroscience the better we can discern which are
needed for he benefit and enjoyment of transhumanity. I have talked
about <i>refined emotions </i>over the years and this pretty much sums up
my views, at the moment anyway. I'm sure Anders or an expert in
neuroscience can better explain this, but I'll have a go: Emotions
that trigger psychological problems that are abundant in humans, and
which professionals in many fields have tried to manage to help people
overcome complex and disturbing emotional problems, are what seems to be
left-over lower brain functions that we have yet to manage.
Emotions that trigger sensorial and cognitive delights are beneficial to
humans and transhumans, etc., because they enlighten, inspire,
encourage, cause reflections, etc. Emotions that are triggered by
first hand experience, or learned experience, are important because they
act as warning guides (not to sick you hand in fire,
etc.) While it would be beneficial to transcend the
emotions that prevent enlightenment, emotions are crucial to our
well being.<br><br>
Best,<br>
Natasha<br><br><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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<dd><font size=2><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha</a>
<a href="http://www.natasha.cc/"> Vita-More</a>
<dd>PhD Candidate, Planetary Collegium - CAiiA, situated in the
Faculty of Technology,
<dd>School of Computing, Communications and Electronics,
<dd>University of Plymouth, UK
<dd><a href="http://www.transhumanist.biz/">Transhumanist Arts &
Culture</a>
<dd><a href="http://extropy.org/">Thinking About the
</a><a href="http://extropy.org/">Future</a> <br><br>
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>If you draw a circle in the
sand and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a
closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and
everything outside the circle, then that is an open system perspective. -
</i>Buckminster Fuller<br>
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