[MURG] Re:Introduction (John Latimer)

[John Latimer]

Hey there,

Thanks for the warm welcome.

If I didn't mention it, I a currently residing in a
very rural area in the Pacific Northwest, USA.


--- "Martín_O._Baldan" <martinob at arrakis.es> wrote:
> 
> First,  I consider gradual uploading far safer, in
> principle, than hard
> uploading, and would no doubt prefer it if given the
> choice.

John L: All things gradual are good/most things sudden
are bad... I would imagine that to be the mantra of
most nuclear physisists. {;-)-<--<

>
> Besides, I think that gradual uploading will be
> technically viable in the
> not-so-distant future, especially after molecular
> nanotechnology is fully
> developed.

John L: They've done some pretty impressive stuff with
bidirectional neuronal interfaces in monkeys.
 
> And finally, there are some people out there who
> think and claim that mind
> uploading, no matter how gradual, and even advanced
> neuronal prosthetics,
> should be outlawed, and measures taken against the
> resulting "inhuman"
> beings, including their physical destruction.

John L: It is natural instinct to protect ones self
from competing forces.  That strategy however is
flawed for it is combined diversity that shall
overcome hardships and struggles.

"Pure Humans" shall view technological integration as
competing for survival with the human race while for
the most part we view this technological integration
as merely an "extension" of the human race.

> 
> So, taking all this into account, our points of view
> are pretty much the
> same.
> 
> yours,
> 
>             Martin O. Baldan
> 
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John A. Latimer



The Hologenic Man