On 1 Feb 2012, at 11:07, Kelly Anderson <<a href="mailto:kellycoinguy@gmail.com">kellycoinguy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">
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> I am not a black and white thinker by any means. I'm more of an<br>
> optimist than a pessimist, for what that's worth, but I think there<br>
> will be plenty of challenges in any future I can conceive of. I do<br>
> think that humanity has an endowment for whatever comes next, and I<br>
> think it would be a real tragedy if they didn't get most of the gifts<br>
> that we have to give them<br>
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</div>You know, this may sound like a cop-out - hopefully the fact that it's heartfelt will make up for that - but I completely agree with everything you've said in reply. Good answer! ;-)<br>
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My only caveat would be that, I know you were talking about Christian notions of heaven, but I think we need to be very careful about "hangovers" from monotheist thought (as Stefano might say) unduly influencing rational consideration of bio-engineering & Abolitionist ideas.<br>
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All the Best-<br>
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