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On 22/01/2021 19:20, spike wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:mailman.107.1611343242.2214.extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">Do
let me be very clear: I am a strong believer in social
distancing. That works. It works even better for me: I not a
people person. I am a machine person. I am not always completely
sure of the person part. I am a machine life form.</blockquote>
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I'm sick of saying "It's NOT 'social distancing', that's what I do!
It's <i>physical</i> distancing!". I reckon that many people are
less socially-distant from each other now, because of the lockdowns
and the increase in communication over things like Zoom. Even I have
taken part in more bloody quizzes in the last year than in the rest
of my life.<br>
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Spike, you're not unique in being a machine life-form, we are all
machine life-forms, all 8 billion of us, plus all the trillions of
other life-forms on the planet (all soft squishy machines, so far).
Being a machine doesn't preclude being a person, in fact it's a
prerequisite.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Ben Zaiboc</pre>
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