[ExI] The Monkey Experiment, (or) “Why Do We Do That?”

Jef Allbright jef at jefallbright.net
Fri Mar 7 19:04:26 UTC 2008


On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
>
>  This looks just like the kind of "frog in boiling water" fable that
>  sounds illuminating but is invented:
>  http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/frogboil.htm

Yeah, as far as I can tell it's just a story, popular within
change-management circles, but I think it provides a useful contrast
illustrating how far transhumanists have already come in terms of
enlightened inquiry and discussion, attacking problems rather than
each other.

- Jef



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