[extropy-chat] Posthumanism vs. Transhumanism

[Natasha Vita-More]

At 08:51 PM 5/1/2007, Brent Allsop wrote:


>Natasha,
>
>This would be a great example that could demonstrate the power of the 
>Canonizer.  Through a canonization process, everyone could propose and 
>discover the facts and things everyone agreed on.  These could be wikied 
>into the "agreement statement" on this contentious topic (i.e. anyone that 
>objects to a particular piece of information means it must be put in some 
>sub POV statement).  Then everyone could work to wiki the position 
>statements in the appropriate tree structure below the agreement statement 
>so that all POV camps and sub camps could be adequately represented.  Then 
>everyone could "join" or support the position statements that most 
>appropriately included their POV on this issue.
>
>Once we saw all relevant support by all the relevant parties, for 
>precisely what they believed on such an issue, we could quantitatively 
>determine and specify with authority just what the correct and justified 
>terminology is right?  If only us extropians started out joining camps, 
>you could point out our authoritative reasons and beliefs to these 
>academics, and if they disagree, they would be free to add their own POV 
>so it can all be fairly represented.  If they refused to participate, then 
>oh well, we win right?
>
>I have a prototype of all the structured wiki functionality already 
>running at http://test.canonizer.com.  And I bet I'll have the support 
>system so people can "join" (or support or vote for) their camps before 
>any position statements were fully developed.
>
>Natasha, do you (or anyone else) have some type of beginning write up, 
>even if only crude and incomplete, that specifies some of the facts and 
>your POV that we could start with?  We could even start with what you've 
>said on the issue here.

Okay, let me give this some thought today and respond a little later.

Thanks,
Natasha

<http://www.natasha.cc/>Natasha <http://www.natasha.cc/>Vita-More
PhD Candidate, <http://www.planetary-collegium.net/about/>Planetary 
<http://www.planetary-collegium.net/about/>Collegium
<http://www.transhumanist.biz/>Transhumanist Arts & Culture
<http://www.extropy.org/>Extropy Institute

If you draw a circle in the sand and study only what's inside the circle, 
then that is a closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the 
circle and everything outside the circle, then that is an open system 
perspective. - Buckminster Fuller


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