Transhumanism

Originally posted by Seitse
You can simulate, basically, everything. However, it is not the collection
of guts, sweat, hormones, appetites, and randomness which originate the
only feature of humans which cannot be found in animals: the conviction
to pursue impossibles despite the evidence in the contrary.

Don't worry, your techno overlords are safe from my mockery.

Well, Kasparov was 100% sure a comp would never beat him. And now Lee Sadol also thought computers wouldn't beat a top rated Go player so I would say, wait a couple of decades before rejecting even the possibility of a human being uploaded to a comp.

Even if that happens, only outsiders would say it is that person. If that person was still alive after the transplant, the computer would react the same as the person but the person would not think he is the computer, he would think he has a twin, at best.

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
There is no God. Our will is our own.

Then who created the vast universe within which planet earth plays a critical role yet in the overall scheme of things is a microscopic speck?
Furthermore, on what empirical or rational basis have you personally concluded that "There is no God"?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
@Metacomedian Joined 25 Feb '16"

Welcome to Red Hot Pawn........

Thanks.

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So, uhm, Metacomedian, buddy, you seem new around here. So, maybe
a piece of advice wouldn't hurt, uh? Try not feeding Dr. Demento and do
not share personal info with him. He's, well, not right in the attic, if you
catch my drift.

Originally posted by josephw
My wife complains she can't tell me what to do, but in the end she always gets her way. 😉

Some funny guy once said that all women are Jewish and equipped with a guilt dispenser.

Originally posted by Seitse
So, uhm, Metacomedian, buddy, you seem new around here. So, maybe
a piece of advice wouldn't hurt, uh? Try not feeding Dr. Demento and do
not share personal info with him. He's, well, not right in the attic, if you
catch my drift.

*looks both ways to see if there's someone near*

I'm not afraid!

Originally posted by Metacomedian
*looks both ways to see if there's someone near*

I'm not afraid!

Yeah, well, they all said that until they suddenly wake up from a
chloroform-induced stupor and find themselves in a Pulp Fiction
type basement, tied up to a chair and with a gag ball.

Originally posted by Seitse
Yeah, well, they all said that until they suddenly wake up from a
chloroform-induced stupor and find themselves in a Pulp Fiction
type basement, tied up to a chair and with a gag ball.

Or in a tub filled with ice. In front of them a note that says their kidneys have been removed.

Originally posted by Metacomedian
Or in a tub filled with ice. In front of them a note that says their kidneys have been removed.

That's so 5 years ago. What's in right now is waking up with empty eye sockets.

Originally posted by Seitse
That's so 5 years ago. What's in right now is waking up with empty eye sockets.

I prefer the classics. Back in the good old days they knew how to make an urban legend.

Originally posted by Metacomedian
Thanks.

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Quite welcome.

Originally posted by Metacomedian
*looks both ways to see if there's someone near*

I'm not afraid!

Feign Noobie much?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Feign Noobie much?

Good spot.

Originally posted by Suzianne
Some funny guy once said that all women are Jewish and equipped with a guilt dispenser.

lol It's in the look. I think. She just emanates that, "what, you mean I can't have what I want look"?

I'm just kidding! She puts up with me. I owe her. 😉

Originally posted by Suzianne
Never really thought of it this way, but I see your point.

I see it more not as self-denial, but self-liberating.

I see being born again as being liberated from the old self. The new "self" is all about who we are "in Christ".

"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed".