[extropy-chat] What Human Minds Will Eventually Do

Amara Graps amara at amara.com
Tue Jun 27 15:31:03 UTC 2006


Eugene Leitl:
>What irks me, if that we're always extrapolating from a human
>viewpoint -- not only a human, but an early 21st century human
>geek. There's some serious diversity scarcity there.
  [...]
>But there's an effectivy infinity in culture (=what social
>animals do), and certainly no lack in motivation in pursuing it.
  [...]
>My point is that diversition radiates both down and up complexity-wise,
>and a transrodent niche doesn't ask for intelligence. There is
>simply no place for intelligence in a lowly scavenger package.


Taking your words literally  (hee hee)

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Amara



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