[extropy-chat] The Extropian wars

[Adrian Tymes]

--- kevinfreels at hotmail.com wrote:
> This could become a polarizing force which would pit
> transhumans against christians. Families would break
> apart and ultimately, war would break out as
> fanatical christians take to destroying all machines
> capable of supporting uploads on the grounds that
> they are doing God's work.
> 
> Whew. A scary proposition! Could make for a decent
> work of fiction if I can find time to write it. 

It already has.  One recent example: a modified form
of this (augmented people in general, not just
uploads) was part of Starcraft's backstory.  (The
augmented ones lost and were exiled; when, eventually,
they settled, they just happened to land in the path
of an alien army.)

Which is not to say that there's not room for many
more good takes on it.  Problem is, without being
handled very carefully, most people might find
themselves identifying with the "evil" religious
types, and take it as an encouragement to ossify their
views against technology.