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<p>I have often said that slightly evolved apes with godlike powers
would not be my idea of a good time! Thank the worst of the old
Greek or Norse Gods multiplied by millions if not billions of
godlings. <br>
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Perhaps it is from having been a hippie in my youth but I think
that not only realizing and embracing radical Abundance and other
potentials but doing so gracefully and well will require a major
shift in ad upgrade in consciousness and wisdom. In other
words there is a lot more to massively human positive Singularity
than just the technology and a bit of happy geeking out. <br>
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- samantha <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/9/24 09:43, William Flynn Wallace
via extropy-chat wrote:<br>
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am assuming that an uploaded person can change the programming
- the parameters. So how can that work?</div>
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style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Suppose
one could change the enjoyment of chocolate to the most
intense pleasure possible - like dumping a ton of
dopamine into a brain. What would happen? A biological body
would adapt and inhibit extreme reactions and probably develop
an addiction and tolerance. Not in an upload. You could
presumably make every pleasure as intense as possible. </div>
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style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">If
you read the news and there was a disaster you could turn off
any negative emotions and just note that news cognitively - no
empathy at all. No feeling bad. </div>
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that what people want? bill w</div>
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