[extropy-chat] transhumanist nut jobs

Robert Bradbury robert.bradbury at gmail.com
Mon Jul 17 00:37:10 UTC 2006


On 7/16/06, Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:

> (another editor)


Alright already... I'll rephrase...

"Do any editors not currently or formerly subscribed to an Extropian or
Transhumanist list know anything?"

By definition, editors who subscribe these lists have to know significantly
more than nothing unless they aren't reading any of the list traffic.  This
tends to get into a depth vs. breadth discussion.  Editors of specialist
journals, e.g. "Mutation Research" are probably not cross-field educated,
e.g. they don't read the "Journal of the British Interplanetary Society".
Editors specializing in science for public consumption (SA, SN, NS, TR,
etc.) probably aren't well enough read in the variety of topics which cross
their desks to make good judgement calls on fine points such as whether or
not fans of cryonics shoudl be considered 'nutjobs'.  I don't see any easy
way out of this situation.

Robert
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