X-Message-Number: 42 From att!arpa!uunet.UU.NET!uucp!pdn!alan Wed Nov 30 19:11:45 1988 Received: by att.ATT.COM (smail2.6 att-mt) id AA03584; 30 Nov 88 19:11:45 EST (Wed) Received: from pdn.UUCP by uunet.UU.NET (5.59/1.14) with UUCP id AA13995; Wed, 30 Nov 88 13:05:54 EST Received: by pdn.uucp (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.12.1 #12.18) id <>; Wed, 30 Nov 88 10:51 EST Message-Id: <> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 88 10:51 EST From: pdn! (Alan Lovejoy) To: uunet!research.att.com!att!ho4cad! Subject: Re: CRYONICS mailing list #41 - Mind Children review in Nature Status: R Isn't 'going to heaven' to live as a 'spirit creature' a form of uploading? (no pun intended--really). I don't think that uploading per se is what people find objectionable, but rather mechanization. The meme that human beings are machines is not very strong in our society. To most people, a machine is a man-made device or tool. Since all such objects that exist today were not constructed using an advanced nanotechnology, they are rather pathetic compared to the technology developed by billions of years of earthly evolution. Is it any wonder that Joe Blow doesn't want to be 'a machine'? When he sees machines that make *us* look pathetic, perhaps he'll change his mind. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=42