Transhumanity, like it or not?
Adam L. Beberg
beberg at mithral.com
Tue Apr 29 18:40:58 PDT 2003
On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Justin Mason wrote:
> Russell Turpin said:
>
> > This is the old StarTrek transporter problem,
> > made worse because of the ontological
> > difference between a flesh and simulated life.
> > Uploading is the easy decision. The hard
> > decision is whether to execute the "delete."
> > And if you do, whether to use razor, gun, or
> > pills. My preference is to wait for the sun
> > to nova. ;-)
>
> I can't remember which SF author suggested a burger chain as the
> solution to this prob ;)
Way ahead of you...
http://home.earthlink.net/~astrology/udder.htm
A bit more realistic then even I care to be...
- Adam L. Beberg - beberg at mithral.com
http://www.mithral.com/~beberg/
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