X-Message-Number: 29430 Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:38:18 -0700 (PDT) From: un person <> Subject: Look at me! I'm a transhumanist weirdo! Keith Henson was kind enough to post this list of transhumanists which has been installed on Wikipedia...for the whole world to see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transhumanists Well, now, let's see what sorta good folks we got on this here list! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Chislenko Hmmm. As the entry notes, he committed suicide. Tragic, I know, but since I am a transhumanist myself (at least putatively, as I am a cryonicist), I really don't want to flaunt this assocatiion before the entire world. How else we got here? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Sandberg Sez he is into "Intelligence amplification technologies". Yeah, someone else the masses can relate to... And of course....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey Here is his pic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Aubrey_de_Grey_photo_authorized.jpg Nuff said... And of course http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliezer_Yudkowsky He is a real man of the people, too. His interests? "recursive self-improvement (seed AI); and also on artificial-intelligence architectures for stably benevolent motivational structures (Friendly AI)." A real down to earth guy, there. and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bloch is "active in several Starfleet International affiliated fan-clubs, and has most recently appeared in the Star Trek fan-film series "Tales of the Seventh Fleet" in what is purported to be a recurring role." A trekkie? I'm SHOCKED! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Laszlo_Sandor who "dropped out of art school shortly thereafter, largely due to an overall disgust with higher education, as well as an ongoing struggle with bipolar disorder and heroin addiction." Ok....thanks for sharing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pepperell "collaborated on a number of early internet and telematic artworks, including 'Aspects of Gaia'' " Another man of the people.... Well, I could go on. But my point is that we cryonicists/transhumanists are already seen as weird enough as it is. But many of us seem to be eager to flaunt our eccentricities, our outlier differentness. No wonder not very many people have joined us. Cuz there aint too many people out there like us. What we oughta do is be like THEM, be like the masses. Well, we cannot change ourselves. But can we portray ourselves differently? How about adding my cryo-transhumanist alter ego -- Steve "Bud" Jones -- to that there list of transhumanists? Here is his new entry in the wikipedia list of transhumanists: ///////////// Bud Jones is a transhumanist and signed up cryonicist. He works as a mechanic down at the Friendly Neighborhood Garage in Splendora, Texas. He specializes in electrical harness repairs. "I like that high tech stuff," he says. His proudest achievements are getting his high school diploma from Splendora High School, marrying his high school sweetheart, getting his 4 wheel drive truck, watching his son get a touchdown last year in 8th grade football, and shooting a 13 point buck in 1996. When asked why he is a transhumanist and is signed up for cryonics, Bud answered, "Well, hell, I don't wanna die, do you?!" Bud belongs to the 3rd Baptist Church of Liberty county. ////////////// THere are a LOT more of Bud Jones types out there than there are of the people who are on that list of transhumanists. The fact that you all fail to realize this, is a major blind spot. You all keep trying to reach out to people like you and me. Bad Idea! Reach out to people like Bud instead! They outnumber us 100,000 to 1. -unperson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=29430