[MD] Transhumanism

[Platt Holden]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Krimel <Krimel at krimel.com> wrote:

>
> [Platt]
> Where are the seminars about the morality of these supposed
> "transformations?
>
> [Krimel]
> Again this was covered extensively. I suspect most of the participants and
> presenters were aware or practitioners of Eastern thinking. One dude talked
> exclusively about the damaging impact of a stressful materialistic
> lifestyle
> and advocated a kind of Human Operating System 2.0 that included
> meditation,
> relaxation, focusing on the pre-intellectual present and the therapeutic
> effects of aerobic exercise. Both he and another presenter invited the
> audience to participate in brief demonstrations of guided imagery. Other
> presenters looked at the political resistance to progress that arise of
> conservatism and fear.
>

There's little evidence that Eastern thinking is any more capable of solving
moral
problems than Western thinking. Anyway, relaxation techniques hardly come
under the category of morality, nor does "progress" unless defined.


> [Platt]
> Sounds to me like a bunch of science types looking for government handouts.
>
> [Krimel}
>  There were numerous oblique references to the conservative assault on the
> academy, the Bush administration war of science, and the corporatization of
> the universities.


Anti-conservative, anti-Bush, anti-corporation. Suspicion confirmed.

Platt