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by skoobydoo
Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:32 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: Mechanical bodies and body image
Replies: 50
Views: 75676

Yea of little faith in personal coherency!

I'm a little shocked at some of the comments in this thread. People appear to have serious problems with their personal identity, especially when their physical body is somehow altered. Is it really that important to you? I mean, the part of you that is capable of expressing thoughts and emotions, t...
by skoobydoo
Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:06 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: Is the idea of cyberization a logical step forward?
Replies: 6
Views: 18096

That's a point with a wonderful sense of calm and philosophical-ness. Interesting outlook- in that case you are right the cybernetics would be a bad thing. I think we should keep pushing to evolve, yet taking on cybernetics unnecessarily bothers me. Perhaps it's because I'm thinking a tiny bit of y...
by skoobydoo
Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:51 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: Is the idea of cyberization a logical step forward?
Replies: 6
Views: 18096

The issue isn't whether it's logical.

There are two points that I'd like to comment on. First is the question in the title of your post, "Is Cybernetics the next logical step?" I would say that the real issue here isn't about whether or not it's the most logical step, it's about whether or not it's the most desirable step. I m...