From: Walter Watts (wlwatts@cox.net)
Date: Tue Jun 18 2002 - 14:12:42 MDT
Ryan Hebert wrote:
> One question: I am unsure as to what the organization means by
> "Biotechnology can make us smarter, happier - and nicer. Post-Darwinian
> superminds can abolish "physical" and "mental" pain altogether." I am sure I
> can guess by biological senses, that it may make us smarter due to gene
> therapy; however, I cannot see reasoning of removing pain from our
> existence.
Wouldn't that be like separating yes/no, ying/yang, love/hate,
positive/negative?
Someone describe a biological existence WITHOUT pain.
Walter
> There are obvious pros and cons, but I question the need to
> abolish such pain, and to completely rewrite us as human beings to make us
> more empathetic? World peace and 'free love' is a wonderful idea and all,
> but I wonder if we would not become mindless robots? Or perhaps, membots?
> ....call me a stupid teen for having such, how should we say, worries?
>
> -Ryan
>
> >From: Bigfatboy6028@aol.com
> >Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
> >To: virus@lucifer.com
> >Subject: virus: any comments
> >Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:25:42 EDT
> >
> > <A HREF="http://www.bltc.com/">Click here: Mission Statement of BLTC
> >Research</A>
>
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