[kj] TIME Magazine on The Singularity

[Brendan Quinn]

, 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.. 

 

 

Wafty wafty waft.

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of bongo
Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2011 7:38 p.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] TIME Magazine on The Singularity

 




"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-yaho
o-full-mostpopular

>>

>> Well worth reading.

>>

>> best,

>> FBC

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