[ExI] The entropy of Extropy-Chat

[Ben Zaiboc]

"spike" <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> Welcome Jeff!

> I am quick to point out that you are a different Jeff Davis
> from the well
> known and loved long time ExI poster here.  


How do you know, Spike, /How do you know/?? <cue Twilight Zone music>

Maybe this is a born-again Jeff Davis, maybe he's actually a Time Lord, and has been regenerated as... Jeff Davis! (Oops, i mean "Jeffery P. Davis").

Jefferey P. Davis wrote:

> I love discussing big ideas.  Traditionally the go-to person for discussing 'big ideas' has been the local priest, but over time I've discovered priests are completely ill-equipped to deal with the kinds of questions I consider important and thus I've lost most interest in religion.


Well done, sir.  It's always nice to meet people who kept the operator's manual for their brain.


> The last one had never even heard of World Of Warcraft and didn't know about the affluence gap between Facebook and Myspace.  Hard to take such a person seriously.


Uh-oh.  I didn't know about the affluence gap between FB and Myspace. But I do know how to catch up quick!  Which is more to the point, I think, these days.  It took me about 10 seconds to find out about this affluence gap, and I'm sure that's not a great performance among the people on this list.  I was taught long ago (from a professional librarian) that the most important skill is knowing how to find stuff out, and that's more true today than ever before.  Never mind the 10 commandments (or is it 12? I never remember), knowing regular expressions and advanced search terms will save your soul!


> One notable thing about me is that I'm entirely body-negative ...


That's interesting.  I presume you mean 'physical embodiment', because, afaik, /some/ form of embodiment is essential to your mind.  Perhaps you'd be more comfortable with the concept of multiple alternative bodies, that you're not actually dependent on for survival, but that allow you to experience, and act upon, the world?  And, of course, virtual worlds.

Ben Zaiboc