... I suggest you read David Friedman's book "The Machinery of Freedom". All of your assertions are disproven. ===== Mike Lorrey "Live Free or Die, Death is...
ian@... ... From: Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@...> To: NWExtropians@yahoogroups.com <NWExtropians@yahoogroups.com> Date: Monday, February 10,...
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Feb 10, 2003 4:51 pm
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... I did not, in the quoted instance, make slurs or call names, nor did I use slovenly thought. It is historical fact and logical chain of thought which...
I think David's concept of phyloprogenetive determinism supports my thesis. In his essay "economics and evolution", he DOES argue that the replicant impulses...
In my opinion, Ian...the answer to your questions is 'yes'. Religious dogma comes in many forms. I will begin referring to Mike as the Rt Rev Lorrey. ...
The most socially important goal of transhumanists is to enhance the conscience. It is important for transhumanists to know the neurological and genetic basis...
Edward Smith
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Feb 19, 2003 8:38 pm
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Hi, Is anyone else skeptical here? I find sweeping statements about fundamentally difficult subjects such as Œconscience¹ difficult to believe personally. ...
Then this email seems to suggest that 3consciousness2 is about recognizing and adverting injustice. One might argue that the most amoral individuals who...
Hi - Are you meeting? If so, where? Thanks ************************************ Ian Reilly Washington State Coordinator International Summerstays PH:...
Ian Reilly
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Mar 10, 2003 4:13 pm
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This list has been just about dead. I'm sorry that I haven't done anything recently to get things going. Lately I have decided to just try to organize a...
Thanks What about non athiest transhumanist? ... From: <NWExtropians@yahoogroups.com> To: <NWExtropians@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 6:19 AM...
Hmm, that's a toughie. I kind of envision transhumanism and atheism as going naturally together, but I obviously bring my own biases. In an organization that...
Hi - apologies in advance for run on sentences, etc. - I don't have the time to write about this, but it is something important to me. I grew up as a "raging...
Ian Reilly
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Apr 20, 2003 2:59 am
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From: "Ian Reilly" <ianreilly@...> To: <NWExtropians@yahoogroups.com> ... time ... Eh ... well, you have indeed brought up lots of subjects. I was...
Olga Bourlin
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Apr 20, 2003 3:23 am
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... Despite his misspelling, Ian made some excellent points. I agree completely with everything he says. "Strong atheism" is just as dogmatic and belief...
From: "ryan" <ryan@...> ... What about strong amermaidism? Do you think amermaidism is as belief driven as religion? Or are you agnostic about...
Olga Bourlin
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Apr 20, 2003 6:29 am
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Thank-you Olga for the spelling correction - I actually can spell & rarely use spellcheck - it's funny - i would definitely write theism or theist - I made the...
Ian Reilly
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Apr 21, 2003 4:50 am
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This whole thing about atheism vs agnosticism is not really something that I've found many atheists and agnostics to care a whole lot about, and I don't see...
Right - agreed - but my point is that atheists do themselves little good by calling themselves atheists - if we are all - as in all of humanity - to some...
Ian Reilly
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Apr 22, 2003 5:00 am
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Here's some fun stuff http://www.bushlies.net/pages/1/ ... From: "noppie" <learn-truth-action@...> To: "Kris Siebert-home" <ksiebert@...>; "LL...
Ian Reilly
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Jul 14, 2003 10:19 pm
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Hello, I invite all to join a new group called Seattle Futurists. Modelled after the (in)famous LA Futurists, Seattle Futurists will be both an online group...
Most of you are probably already familiar with meetup.com. This means of organizing has worked pretty well for some other groups, most notably Howard Dean's...
This is a cut and past of an e-mail I sent out before. There is another meet-up rolling around on Wednesday of next week, 4/14, at 7:00 PM. It'd be great if...
This month for I believe the first time we achieved a quorum on meetup.com so we are scheduled to have a meetup on Wednesday, May 12 at the Elliot Bay Book...
Fellow Transhumanists - This Yahoo group/list will be shut down soon due to inactivity unless traffic suddenly increases. We had a few memorable meetings five...
This was organized by Becky Cooper. When: Saturday, June 11, 2005 at 2:00 PM Where: Science Fiction Museum--Turntable Restaurant Experience Music Project...