<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Adrian, this is a great paper! Interesting stuff. This kind of mind/brain interconnection is exactly what I have in mind (no pun intended, haha). The communication between the gut and the brain is epic.</span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">And Spike, thanks for reading all the words~!! </span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">-Regina</span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">---------------------------------------</span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Message: 11</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:45:02 -0700</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">From: Adrian Tymes <</span><a href="mailto:atymes@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">atymes@gmail.com</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">></span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">To: ExI chat list <</span><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">></span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Subject: Re: [ExI] Essential Upload Data</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Message-ID:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">        <CALAdGNS6xo9B14JzGu8zZr43Ux-d</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">K8pAF44zf5=</span><a href="mailto:MQRnMNkff8Q@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">MQRnMNkff8Q@mail.gmail.com</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">></span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 9:56 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span class="gmail-il">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">> wrote:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">> I'm confident that omitting data from the original body won't have any</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">> significant effect on an uploaded mind. Apart from vague statements</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">> about the body contributing to our consciousness, or our minds</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">> 'extending into' the body, I've not heard of any evidence, or convincing</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">> theory, to the contrary.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">></span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">A lengthy article about exactly this topic came across my inbox just</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">today.  (I'm not sure if it's paywalled; please let me know if you can't</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">read it.)</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/meet-psychobiome-gut-bacteria-may-alter-how-you-think-feel-and-act?utm_campaign=news_daily_2020-05-07&et_rid=17038235&et_cid=3318359" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/meet-psychobiome-gut-bacteria-may-alter-how-you-think-feel-and-act?utm_campaign=news_daily_2020-05-07&et_rid=17038235&et_cid=3318359</a>  <br></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>