RE: Introducing Deacon Kuhns - The Warrior Monk

From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Sat Jan 26 2002 - 16:34:04 MST


Of course, a personal singularity is possible... especially for
a singular person ;>

Now a personal Singularity in the full Vingean sense is a somewhat
different idea ;>

ben

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sl4@sysopmind.com [mailto:owner-sl4@sysopmind.com]On Behalf
> Of DarkVegeta26@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 4:14 PM
> To: sl4@sysopmind.com
> Subject: Re: Introducing Deacon Kuhns - The Warrior Monk
>
>
> In a message dated 1/26/2002 2:42:25 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> deacon@teacher.com writes:
>
> << personal, microcosmic singularity (is that a new term?) >>
>
> Yes it is, but I've thought about it before. But you obviously haven't
> experienced a true personal singularity, or you'd be a god ;)
> "The Singularitarian experiences personal growth analogous to
> his vision of
> future progress"
>
> <>
>
> No, but the pinnacle of this movement won't need or want sex or
> television,
> because better things will be uncovered. I LOVE FUN, nobody get
> me wrong.
> You're not the only Singularitarian who stands up for having fun in the
> anthropocentric sense.
>
> It might just be easier to contain this meme rather than
> spreading it...but I
> think we should make a decision on this quick. I truely am not
> sure on the
> issue. But if we are going to start spreading it, I think we
> should do it
> aggressively and immediately. Maybe we can find a reconciliation between
> ultraconservative memetics and pragmatic memetics..."practical memetics"?
>
> Michael Anissimov
>



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