[ExI] no sarcasm intended

Stathis Papaioannou stathisp at gmail.com
Wed Jul 18 12:11:25 UTC 2007


On 18/07/07, Lee Corbin <lcorbin at rawbw.com> wrote:

> An off-line correspondent wrote me tonight to comment
> on my "daydream":
>
> > In my daydreams of one day being resurrected by
> > advanced nanotechnology in the year 2061, I fully hope
> > to have a vastly intelligent robot (real or uploaded)
> > at my side who can guide me in my decisions.  "Uh, you
> > might not want to mess with
> > that right now, Lee, while your IQ is still less than
> > 200 and your hippocampus has not been adequately
> > augmented. Recall what your friend Stathis was talking
> > about back in 2007?  He was quite right."
> >
> > Now, that is sarcastic humour! LOL
>
> Well, it was *not* meant to be sarcastic in any way whatsoever.
>
> I'm very sorry if I've given any offense here, because there was
> no intention in any way, shape, manner, or form for that to be
> any other than a clear confirmation of what someone was
> saying (I think Stathis) that we would always be wise to proceed
> with great caution when being augmented!

Thank-you for for being so considerate - no offence taken, not even
the first time I read it.



-- 
Stathis Papaioannou



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