[kj] TIME Magazine on The Singularity

[bongo]

"due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been
postponed indefinitely..."


On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:


> "how do we know we aren't already immortal"

>

> That isn't an argument - the onus is on the one making extraordinary

> claims to supply extraordinary evidence.




fuck your onus, i didn't claim anything, so you prove me wrong!
i could say that through experience and understanding i can see clearly the
immortality of all things... if you cant see it, its something i cant show
you..
when the student is ready the teacher will appear, mwahahahahaha!!






> Which as far as evidence for an

> immortal soul, adds up to zero.




i'll save this one for guinness i think . . . . . . . . .



=)






> (But centuries of oppression from

> religious loon-jobs supposedly acting on instructions from higher powers -

> who happen to be permanently invisible and insane)

>

> Religious miracles / visitations / out of body experiences / magic /

> prophecy / UFOs - have you ever noticed how the strongest 'evidence'

> behind most of that stuff is anecdotal reports from unreliable witnesses?

> Fuzzy single shot pictures? Coincidence that 'aliens' tend to be humanoid

> in shape? We've got millions to billions of people now wandering around

> with camera phones...orders or magnitude more than the 50s / 60s / 70s /

> 80s - has the incidence of UFO / supernatural footage gone up to the same

> extent?

>

> "whats wrong with living and dying?"

>

> Dying.

>

>


what would you do with consciously being in all eternity? get bored much?
how about play hide and seek with yourself... maybe pretend you are a human
for a wee while, or a centipede, or a crustacean...!


has alan watts not sunk into you?

=)







>  "what good can come from egocentric megalomaniacs dominating more of the

> future?"

>

> Cyborg pectoral implants & willing robot sex slaves

>

>


do you use your ego or does your ego use you?
(not a stab at you being whatever, just a consideration about the underlying
drives of ones experience in this ephemeral world)

=)












> > bah, dont like that guy, or rather, his outlook.

> > how do we know we aren't already immortal?

> > whats wrong with living and dying?

> > what good can come from egocentric megalomaniacs dominating *more* of the

> > future?

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been

> > postponed indefinitely..."

> >

> >

> > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Frank Coleman <fbc at 21ca.com> wrote:

> >

> >> Anyone catch this?

> >>

> >>

> http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2048138,00.html?xid=feed-yahoo-full-mostpopular

> >>

> >> Well worth reading.

> >>

> >> best,

> >> FBC

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