X-Message-Number: 25441
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:06:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott Badger <>
Subject: Above what you are ... for Richard

Richard writes:
The idea that the human species is 'primitive' or 'base' and needs 
to 'progress' beyond such baseness is laughably absurd;
[snip] 
It's not that you cannot rise above what you are. It's 
that 'above what you are' is determined by who you 
are, and does not possess an objectively useful definition. 
People who think otherwise are simply mistaken, having 
no knowledge of the nature of reality.

Scott writes: 
Are you referring to transhumanists here? Is my desire to 
progress beyond my 'natural' life span 'laughably absurd'?
If I define a longer life as desirable, why should I care if
that definition has objective utility (whatever that means)?

Also, may I ask ... which theory of mind would you say most 
closely aligns with your views?

Best regards,

Scott

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