Rights of Non-Human Persons - The IEET is committed to the idea that some non-human animals meet the criteria of legal personhood and thus are deserving of specific rights and protections.
This stuff? Seriously? Can't people just be kind to kittens and puppies? More humane farming? Sure. Why not. But legal personhood? Someone watching to much My Little Pony? Learn the difference between sentience and sapience. The mere perception of individual experience does not grant the ability to reason or judge- two things which are vital for participation in a civilized legal framework.
Yeah, I just pretty much relegated most of the human race to a sub-sapient classification, but, well, what can ya do?;-)
Under our Securing the Future research program we are assembling interdisciplinary teams of natural scientists, social scientists, humanists, historians, engineers, and futurists to work in goal-oriented projects aimed at proactively mitigating existential risks to humanity and to the biosphere.
Ooo! Ooo! Buzzword bingo!
Research Grants - The IEET is soliciting funds for a grants programs to support the research of IEET Fellows and interns on the ethical and policy issues of human enhancement and other emerging technologies.
I kind of have to agree with Mr. or Ms. gl4ss here. Even when I was young and considered myself a full part of what other people called the geek crowd, I found debates over warp drive versus hyperspace (or whatever) to be complete wastes of time. Futurism can really be quite a masturbatory activity, especially when you look at past predictions and realize just how dismal futurism's track record really is.
On the other hand, starting an institute like this, if you can get people to buy into it, seems an easy scam^H^H^H^H job. Are they hiring? I actually do bleeding edge R&D, but I'm looking for early retirement. Some goofy think tank job might be just the thing to bring in retirement income.
Not sure how it scores one much tail, though. Are there a lot of transhumanism groupies?
fuck discussing technology of getting clean water and education(information) to people
A lot of those problems are political, not technological, requiring a large number of, um, regime changes.
The point of my response was to make you realize that you are not the center of the world
Ha! That just what I want you to think.
Or why you didn't answer any of my questions for that matter.
They sounded rhetorical. Also, couldn't be arsed. My original post was intended as just a silly quip. Cheer up. It's nearly Christmas. I'm godless, too, but even I like Christmas.:-)
I'm sorry, but that's just OCD. Two seconds is not "fussing". And what is so unproductive about picking clothes to wear. It keep me from wandering out of the house naked. Pretty practical.
Used to have a copy of that book. No idea where it went. Sheesh. $129 for a new copy? Out of print and dwindling supplies, I guess. $8 for a used one, though. I'm tempted.
I remember the text being really anti-human and how Nature would never make the mistake of intelligence again after humans were gone. Cripes, lighten up, dude. I'm a complete, black-heated misanthrope, but even I don't advocate human extinction. I just want people to wake the fuck up. We have a lot of untapped potential.
I don't care who is in a film as long as the film is good. One my favorite films is Primer starring the indie filmamker who wrote/directed it, and a bunch of his friends.:-)
Well, there are some actors who rub me the wrong way, and I will avoid films with them in it unless it has seriously positive word of mouth from people I know and trust on these matters.
I can even be converted. Kiefer Sutherland grated on me when he was young (don't really know why... just one of those things), but then I got a kick out of his weird performance in Dark City, and went on to be a big "24" fan.
I've though for a while now that Shama- Shamus- Shamla- the Sixth Sense guy could have a had a comeback if he just found some good scripts and directed those. He knows how to put a movie together. Even stuff like Signs and The Village were fun to watch until you got to the bad twist ending. The guy can present a bad story well, as weird as that sounds. Unbreakable is still one of my favorite films.
Maybe it's my red-green color issues, but I can't even see a major difference between those images. Do people get the sun in frame a lot?
This is what gets people enraged in a hate fest these days, huh? Maybe the Presidential debate tonight can cover the Purple Haze Apocalypse. It's important.
And before the Wanker Brigade starts firing fanboy bombs, I still don't own a smartphone. I'm interested in the iPhone 5, but I never buy rev 1 of any hardware because, well, here ya go.
No, it's a company saying "He's doing what? Is that legal? (Gets seven different contradictory answers) Oh FFS, can we not be involved with this?" Honestly, I can't blame the company here. Lawsuits happen every time someone sneezes in the USA. Maybe when the gunsmoke clears something can be worked out.
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2 to 5 seconds! That's what we're talking about here! Great Jumping Jehovah!
And OCD covers a complete spectrum of varying magnitudes.
Geez. If I bashed Apple I'd be +5 by now. C'mon, you people really want giant phones you need to wear special pants for?
Rights of Non-Human Persons - The IEET is committed to the idea that some non-human animals meet the criteria of legal personhood and thus are deserving of specific rights and protections.
This stuff? Seriously? Can't people just be kind to kittens and puppies? More humane farming? Sure. Why not. But legal personhood? Someone watching to much My Little Pony? Learn the difference between sentience and sapience. The mere perception of individual experience does not grant the ability to reason or judge- two things which are vital for participation in a civilized legal framework.
Yeah, I just pretty much relegated most of the human race to a sub-sapient classification, but, well, what can ya do? ;-)
Under our Securing the Future research program we are assembling interdisciplinary teams of natural scientists, social scientists, humanists, historians, engineers, and futurists to work in goal-oriented projects aimed at proactively mitigating existential risks to humanity and to the biosphere.
Ooo! Ooo! Buzzword bingo!
Research Grants - The IEET is soliciting funds for a grants programs to support the research of IEET Fellows and interns on the ethical and policy issues of human enhancement and other emerging technologies.
Ah! There we go.
I kind of have to agree with Mr. or Ms. gl4ss here. Even when I was young and considered myself a full part of what other people called the geek crowd, I found debates over warp drive versus hyperspace (or whatever) to be complete wastes of time. Futurism can really be quite a masturbatory activity, especially when you look at past predictions and realize just how dismal futurism's track record really is.
On the other hand, starting an institute like this, if you can get people to buy into it, seems an easy scam^H^H^H^H job. Are they hiring? I actually do bleeding edge R&D, but I'm looking for early retirement. Some goofy think tank job might be just the thing to bring in retirement income.
Not sure how it scores one much tail, though. Are there a lot of transhumanism groupies?
fuck discussing technology of getting clean water and education(information) to people
A lot of those problems are political, not technological, requiring a large number of, um, regime changes.
How about growing organs from stem cells... to serve with some fava beans and a nice chianti?
I hear the next Samsung phones will come with free large pizzas because the phones are shipped in similar sized boxes.
Yet we don't lack for people who feel comfortable psychologically profiling theoretical advanced civilizations. ;-)
The moment someone says "An advanced alien civilization would..." I tune out.
Unless it's Intended to be a work of fiction, of course.
The point of my response was to make you realize that you are not the center of the world
Ha! That just what I want you to think.
Or why you didn't answer any of my questions for that matter.
They sounded rhetorical. Also, couldn't be arsed. My original post was intended as just a silly quip. Cheer up. It's nearly Christmas. I'm godless, too, but even I like Christmas. :-)
I'm sorry, but that's just OCD. Two seconds is not "fussing". And what is so unproductive about picking clothes to wear. It keep me from wandering out of the house naked. Pretty practical.
Wow. Sorry. Didn't mean to offend your god.
Sorry to hear his train of thought can be so badly disrupted by picking out a shirt.
Like this article is trying to compare the Guinness's of this century?
What do Irish dry stouts have to do with this?
what is Obama great creation?
Er, um, yeah, um, maybe we should move to the next topic.
It takes me two seconds to pick what to wear in the morning.
My life is a horrible inefficient mess because I'm not spending that two seconds curing cancer?
That's just dumb.
My life is a horrible inefficient mess for entirely different and better reasons.
Haven't see it yet, but isn't that sort of the whole premise of The Hunger Games?
Used to have a copy of that book. No idea where it went. Sheesh. $129 for a new copy? Out of print and dwindling supplies, I guess. $8 for a used one, though. I'm tempted.
I remember the text being really anti-human and how Nature would never make the mistake of intelligence again after humans were gone. Cripes, lighten up, dude. I'm a complete, black-heated misanthrope, but even I don't advocate human extinction. I just want people to wake the fuck up. We have a lot of untapped potential.
I don't care who is in a film as long as the film is good. One my favorite films is Primer starring the indie filmamker who wrote/directed it, and a bunch of his friends. :-)
Well, there are some actors who rub me the wrong way, and I will avoid films with them in it unless it has seriously positive word of mouth from people I know and trust on these matters.
I can even be converted. Kiefer Sutherland grated on me when he was young (don't really know why... just one of those things), but then I got a kick out of his weird performance in Dark City, and went on to be a big "24" fan.
I've though for a while now that Shama- Shamus- Shamla- the Sixth Sense guy could have a had a comeback if he just found some good scripts and directed those. He knows how to put a movie together. Even stuff like Signs and The Village were fun to watch until you got to the bad twist ending. The guy can present a bad story well, as weird as that sounds. Unbreakable is still one of my favorite films.
we can post wisdom
[mythbuster]well, now, *there's* your problem[/mythbuster]
Maybe it's my red-green color issues, but I can't even see a major difference between those images. Do people get the sun in frame a lot?
This is what gets people enraged in a hate fest these days, huh? Maybe the Presidential debate tonight can cover the Purple Haze Apocalypse. It's important.
And before the Wanker Brigade starts firing fanboy bombs, I still don't own a smartphone. I'm interested in the iPhone 5, but I never buy rev 1 of any hardware because, well, here ya go.
An MIT professor says people posting on the internet have lowered inhibitions because there is no formal social interaction.
Clearly a tenured professor at the Captain Obvious Center For The Bloody Self-Evident there at MIT.
And if you know a a 3D printer than can actually manufacture drugs, please provide a link.
Here ya go. :-)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/21/chemputer-that-prints-out-drugs
No, it's a company saying "He's doing what? Is that legal? (Gets seven different contradictory answers) Oh FFS, can we not be involved with this?" Honestly, I can't blame the company here. Lawsuits happen every time someone sneezes in the USA. Maybe when the gunsmoke clears something can be worked out.
What?
(reads again)
Wat??
Yeah, but counterfeit bills don't kill people, guns kill- no, wait, guns don't counterfeit... people... and, um, kill counterfeit people, guns....
I really don't want tourists on my island.
No worries. We're going to turn you into a prison anyway. :-) We scrapped the whole Manhattan plan.
The can have a circus around it and serve bread.